Context: The Reichstag fire was an arson attack on the Reichstag building (German parliament) in Berlin on 27 February 1933. Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch council communist, was caught at the scene of the fire and arrested for the crime. Van der Lubbe was an unemployed bricklayer who had recently arrived in Germany. He declared that he had started the fire and was tried and sentenced to death. The fire was used as evidence by the Nazi Party that communists were plotting against the German government. The event is seen as pivotal in the establishment of Nazi Germany., Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was governed by a dictatorship under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a fascist state in which the Nazi Party took totalitarian control over nearly all aspects of life. The official name of the state was "Deutsches Reich" from 1933 to 1943 and "Großdeutsches Reich" ("Greater German Reich") from 1943 to 1945. The period is also known under the names the Third Reich and the National Socialist Period (abbreviated as "NS-Zeit"). The Nazi regime came to an end after the Allied Powers defeated Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in Europe., Federal elections were held in Germany on 5 March 1933 . The 1933 poll was held after the Nazi Party Machtergreifung , and the Reichstag fire six days before the election . Nazi storm troopers had unleashed a campaign of violence against the Communist Party ( KPD ) , left - wingers , trade unionists , the Social Democratic Party of Germany , and the Catholic Centre Party . The 1933 election followed the previous year 's two elections ( July and November ) and Hitler 's appointment as Chancellor . In the months before the 1933 election , brownshirts and SS displayed `` terror , repression and propaganda ( ... ) across the land '' , and Nazi organizations `` monitored '' the vote process . In Prussia 50,000 members of the SS , SA and Stahlhelm were ordered to monitor the votes by acting Interior Minister Hermann Göring , as so - called auxiliary police . Despite the Nazis ' oppressive tactics , the party failed to obtain an absolute majority and needed the votes of their coalition partner , the German National People 's Party ( DNVP ) , for a Reichstag majority . The Nazis registered a large increase in votes in 1933 . To gain absolute power , Hitler instead succeeded in passing the Enabling Act on 23 March with the support of all non-socialist parties , which effectively made Hitler dictator of Germany . Within months , the Nazis banned all other parties , dissolved the Reichstag and replaced it by a rubberstamp parliament with only Nazi party list representatives ., Sigmar Gabriel (born 12 September 1959) is a German politician who currently serves as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Vice Chancellor. He has been chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) since 2009. He was the Federal Minister of the Environment from 2005 to 2009 and the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2013 to 2017. From 1999 to 2003 Gabriel was Prime Minister of Lower Saxony., The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) is a social-democratic political party in Germany. The party, led by Chairman Sigmar Gabriel since 2009, has become one of the two major contemporary political parties in Germany, along with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)., Subject: german federal election, Relation: successful_candidate, Options: (A) adolf hitler (B) democratic party
Output: adolf hitler