Germany overturns conviction of Dutch communist executed over 1933 Reichstag fire

[Shinobi]

German prosecutors said they have formally overturned the conviction of a Dutch communist who was executed after the Nazis accused him of torching the Reichstag parliament building in 1933.

Marinus van der Lubbe, a bricklayer, was convicted of arson and high treason in December 1933 and executed on Jan. 10, 1934.

The federal prosecutor's office said in a statement that it formally "declared that the verdict ... is overturned" on Dec. 6.

It said that it made the move after being alerted to the case by a Berlin lawyer, who it did not identify, and that the conviction was overturned automatically under a 1998 law allowing for the rehabilitation of people convicted of crimes under the Nazis.

Historians still debate whether van der Lubbe, a communist, actually set the Feb. 27, 1933 fire, which came just a month after Adolf Hitler's rise to power and was followed by the suspension of civil liberties.

Some believe the Nazis set it themselves to give Hitler an excuse for his crackdown against what he termed a "communist conspiracy."

Van der Lubbe was the only defendant convicted of arson at the subsequent trial. Four other communists charged with him were acquitted by a Leipzig court.

Federal prosecutors said his conviction was overturned because the death sentence resulted from measures introduced under the Nazis "that were created to implement the National Socialist regime and enabled breaches of basic conceptions of justice."

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[LeveL]

Quote:Federal prosecutors said his conviction was overturned because the death sentence resulted from measures introduced under the Nazis "that were created to implement the National Socialist regime and enabled breaches of basic conceptions of justice."

Aah right so its not because the Nazi's themselves were actually the guys responsible for burning down the Reichstag?

Oops thats just a "communist conspiracy". :LOL:

For a minute there I thought some truth had made it into the mainstream. Silly me.

Theres no such thing as "a communist" or "a capitalist" because we are all humans. Thats all - humans.

Why don't they say "its a conspiracy" as opposed to "its a communist conspiracy". Whats with the communist part huh? Oh thats it, because Hitler was a far right wing capitalist and the communists all oppose capitalism, you're either a capitalist, or you're a communist, no other alternate options allowed and pointing out the fact that far left and far right both have dictators and Governments who own everything including all the people's liberties along with most or all of their finances either by taxation as in the capitalists system or just plain never letting them make any money at all as in the communist system, shhh, you're not supposed to say this, you're supposed to fall into THEIR CLUTCHES as always and fall into a left or right wing camp. OK I get it. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Go back to sleep, your Zionist regime is in control once again. Let us play you like a fiddle. Heres 5000 channels of Gladiators, STFU and keep drinking beer you morons.

Since Stalin the "communist" killed 20 Million people, saying its a "communist" conspiracy is a stupid argument really. But of course Stalin was our "friend" so shhhh we're not supposed to point out his genocide of the Russians.

[Shinobi]

Quote:Aah right so its not because the Nazi's themselves were actually the guys responsible for burning down the Reichstag.

:biggrin: I was thinking much the same when reading it.

Quote:For a minute there I thought some truth had made it into the mainstream. Silly me.

:laugh:

[LeveL]

I keep editing and editing and editing and editing and editing my posts. :P

This shit is never ending im afraid. Just never ends. :(

[TeslaandLyne]

I won't say much.

Too little too late.

And do you think Alex Jones putting this in TerrorStorm had any effect in
wising up Germany.

I made a veiled suggestion on YouTube that Germany should invade America to
get hid of our Hitler and got one post in agreement today.

I thought this might be about freeing Zundel but alas not the case.