The Reichstag is in flames. Inside the burning parliament Hitler, Göring, Goebbels and von Papen gather together on a balcony overlooking the fire and discuss how to go forward. At the Brandenburger Tor, Rudolf Diels interviews the captured Dutch man by the name of Marinus van der Lubbe. All, except Diels, are convinced it is a communist conspiracy and are ready to once and for all stamp out the opposition to their NSDAP not only within the Reichstag but across the German Reich. 

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