Reichstag Fire Decree

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The Reichstag Fire Decree (German: Reichstagsbrandverordnung), officially the Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State (German: Verordnung des Reichspräsidenten zum Schutz von Volk und Staat), was an emergency decree issued by Paul von Hindenburg on 28 February 1933, the day after the Reichstag fire and five days before the final elections in the Weimar Republic.

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