Marinus van der Lubbe

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Marinus van der Lubbe was a Dutch communist who was controversially convicted and executed by Nazi Germany for allegedly setting the Reichstag fire in 1933.

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instanceOf Dutch person
communist
human
political activist
arrestedBy Nazi authorities
causeOfDeath decapitation
chargedWith arson
high treason
coDefendant Blagoi Popov
Ernst Torgler
Georgi Dimitrov
Vasil Tanev
countryOfBirth Netherlands
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
countryOfDeath Germany
dateOfBirth 1909-01-13
dateOfDeath 1934-01-10
dateOfEvent 1933-02-27
employer construction industry
event Reichstag fire
executedBy Nazi Germany
executionLocation Leipzig Prison
familyName Marinus van der Lubbe self-linksurface differs
surface form: van der Lubbe
givenName Marinus
historicalAssessment conviction widely regarded as controversial
historicalDebate extent of his responsibility for the Reichstag fire
languageOfName Dutch
mannerOfDeath execution
memberOf Communist Party of the Netherlands
methodOfExecution guillotine
name Marinus van der Lubbe self-link
nationality Dutch
notableFor alleged role in the Reichstag fire
occupation bricklayer
placeOfBirth Leiden NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Leipzig NERFINISHED
placeOfEvent Reichstag building
surface form: Reichstag building, Berlin
politicalIdeology communism
posthumousLegalStatus partially rehabilitated in later German court decisions
sentence death
sentencedBy Nazi Germany
trialLocation Leipzig NERFINISHED
triedBy Reich Court of Justice
usedAsPretextFor Reichstag Fire Decree
crackdown on German communists
suspension of civil liberties in Germany
verdict guilty

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Reichstag fire accusedPerson Marinus van der Lubbe
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Marinus van der Lubbe name Marinus van der Lubbe self-link