TODAY IN BERLIN: THE WORLD ON FIRE

February 27, 1933

Burning Reichstag and the fire-brigades. Item from Record Group 208: Records of the Office of War Information, 1926 - 1951

On this day, the 27th of February 1933, at 9.14 PM, „Stettin” fire station in Berlin received an alarm signal: the Reichstag building was on fire.