Fyodor Zhogol was one of the Red Army soldiers to sign the wall of the Reichstag and witness the Banner of Victory being hoisted in the center of Berlin. “Every time I look at wartime photos ...

On the night of Feb. 27, 1933, an arsonist attacked the Reichstag, Germany’s historic parliamentary building. It was a critical moment in the country’s collapse from democracy to dictatorship.

Hitler could not afford to annoy businessmen or the army ... on 27 February the Reichstag building was set on fire. A Dutch communist, van der Lubbe, was caught red-handed in the burning building.

Hitler could not afford to annoy businessmen or the army ... on 27 February the Reichstag building was set on fire. A Dutch communist, van der Lubbe, was caught red-handed in the burning building.