About a month after being appointed chancellor, Hitler used the torching of the Reichstag parliament building blamed on a Dutch communist to strengthen his grip on power.

NPR: Germany Marks 80th Anniversary Of Hitler's Rise

In 1930, the National Socialist (Nazi) Party won a stunning election triumph in Germany, becoming the second largest party in the Reichstag, or parliament.

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In 1933, the German parliament building, the Reichstag, was destroyed by fire.

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