Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Reichstag fire was an arson ( setting fire ) on the Reichstag building , place of meeting of German Parliament , in Berlin on 27 February 1933 .
Simplified: The Reichstag fire ( German : Der ) was an arson attack on the Reichstag building in Berlin on 27 February 1933 .