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Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People and the State
Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People and the State
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- 2026-09-26
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- Germany: Reichstag Fire Decree suspends freedom of the press, February 1933
- Claim 911: The Reichstag Fire Decree was passed on February 28, 1933.
- Claim 912: The decree permitted restrictions on the rights to assembly, free speech and freedom of the press, and removed restraints on police investigations.
- Claim 914: The decree's own text said it was issued as a defensive measure against communist acts of violence endangering the state.
- Claim 915: With the decree in place, the German government was free to arrest political opponents without specific charge, dissolve political organizations and suppress publications.
- Claim 916: An earlier order on February 4, 1933, had already restricted the press and authorized police to ban political meetings and marches.
- Claim 917: Adolf Hitler had been appointed Reich Chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg on January 30, 1933.
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