On February 27, 1933, a fire destroyed part of the Reichstag building. Hitler immediately accused the Communists of having set the fire, and van der Lubbe was arrested and charged with complicity. Still to this day, it is not entirely proven and known who truly was responsible for the Reichstag Fire. Even if the Nazis are ever proven responsible, it may never be known who actually committed the deed. Using evidence provided, I believe that the Nazis had a reason to start the fire - to give them an excuse to take emergency powers and defeat the Communists. This way, the Nazis were sure to become a powerful, controlling party, and without opposition, Hitler would surely be the only answer. .
Before the Reichstag Fire of 1933, Hitler needed a way to complete a Nazi take-over of Germany. Although he was Chancellor, he did not have all of the votes; the Communists were still a fairly large party and there was also other opposition. Few people thought he would hold on to the position for long, and he needed some way to get the German people on his side, making him the supreme leader of Germany. It is obviously true that the Nazis benefited from the Reichstag Fire and made skilful use of it in establishing their dictatorship. If there were no opposition, more German people would therefore vote for the Nazis. In addition, if there was some kind of destruction, the President might consider that Hitler was capable of controlling things, was the answer to the problems. However, there was at that time, no problem, and so the Nazis could have created a problem to give them an excuse to take Emergency Powers and defeat the Communists. .
In order to carry out a problem where they could not risk being caught and loosing power altogether, they needed a plot. Because, even to this day, it is not known for sure who burnt down the Reichstag, the plot must have been "really cunning, prepared a long time ago.
