Today is the 75th anniversary of the Reichstag Fire Decree. I scanned the web for a mention of the Decree, and I couldn't find any other than yesterday's article on the Reichstag Fire.
I find it odd and sad that the item of greater import, the slaying of the Weimar Republic by Hitler and his cronies, was outweighed by the media reporting the 75th anniversary of the Reichstag fire itself. For sure, the fire precipitated the Decree, but the Decree inscribed in law the restriction of "...rights of personal freedom, freedom of opinion, including the freedom of the press, the freedom to organize and assemble, the privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications, and warrants for house searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property." It enabled abuses, physical and moral intimidation and violence, the persecution of minorities (especially the Jews), and of murder - all in the name of keeping order in the State.
Today, we take so much for granted. I think it's an injustice to all those who were tortured and killed that we do not take the time to remember what happened 75 years ago.
The maws of hell opened...
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