# 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

- Address: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/reichstag-fire-decree
- Kind: primary document
- Last checked: 2026-09-26
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [Germany: Reichstag Fire Decree suspends freedom of the press, February 1933](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1933-germany-reichstag-fire-decree-press-suspension)
- [Claim 911: The Reichstag Fire Decree was passed on February 28, 1933.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/911)
- [Claim 912: The decree permitted restrictions on the rights to assembly, free speech and freedom of the press, and removed restraints on police investigations.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/912)
- [Claim 914: The decree's own text said it was issued as a defensive measure against communist acts of violence endangering the state.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/914)
- [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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/915)
- [Claim 916: An earlier order on February 4, 1933, had already restricted the press and authorized police to ban political meetings and marches.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/916)
- [Claim 917: Adolf Hitler had been appointed Reich Chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg on January 30, 1933.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/917)

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