libcom.org#OtD 23 Dec 1933 in Nazi Germany, Dutch construction worker and council communist Marinus van der Lubbe was sentenced to death for burning the Reichstag in protest at fascism. To this day, he is often wrongly referred to as a Nazi agent. Short biography: https://libcom.org/history/half-blind-communist-sharp-eye-future-marinus-van-der-lubbe-1909-1934-his-reichstag-fire
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A half-blind communist with a sharp eye for the future. Marinus van der Lubbe (1909-1934) and his Reichstag Fire
Interesting history of Marinus van der Lubbe, the young communist building worker who burned down the Reichstag, and was falsely denounced as a Nazi agent by the Communist Party, by Joep de Visser.