The Nazi Party Were not to blame for the Riechstage Fire

“ The Nazis had nothing to do with the burning of the Reichstag. The young Dutchman, Van der Lubbe, did it all alone, exactly as he claimed. Hitler and the other Nazis were taken by surprise. They genuinely believed that the Communists had started the fire, and they introduced the Enabling Law because they believed absolutely that they were threatened with a communist rising.”

1. The Communists were blamed for the fire according to sources 1,2,3,4,5. Here is the evidence I have found to support this. In source 1 Von Papen’s diary it is clear that Goering is convinced that “ this is a Communist crime against the new Government.” The newspaper reporter Delmer reporting in “der Spiegel” is also firm in his recording of the exchanges between Goering and Hitler, Goering informed Hitler that it was “undoubtedly the work of the Communists.” And that several of the Communists were present at the Reichstag before the fire started. Delmer also tells us that whilst Hitle...