The Reichstag: Fire! - 02

A cold night in Berlin turns into a night that will change the course of the 20th century itself. A young theology student wandering home from his studies at the Staatsbibliothek on Unter den Linden witnesses a shadowy figure scaling the walls of the German parliament building, little does he know that he is the first to witness the makings of an event that would bring death and destruction for Germany. 

In this episode Simon J. James takes you through the minute by minute happenings of that fateful evening, the responses, and the reactions of the fire crews and police on the ground. 

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