''The Brown Book of the Reichstag Fire and Hitler Terror'' (German: ''Braunbuch über Reichstagsbrand und Hitlerterror'') is a book published in Paris, France in August 1933 and written by an anti-fascist group including German communist Willi Munzenberg, Hans Siemsen and Gustav Regler. It put forth the theory that

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

s were behind the Reichstag fire of February 27, 1933. According to Munoz Molina, Antonio Muñoz. Sepharad: A Novel . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition it was one of the best selling books of all time. The book's cover was designed by

John Heartfield John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld; 19 June 1891 – 26 April 1968) was a 20th century German visual artist who pioneered the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his most famous photomontages were anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. ...

. The book was published in English in Great Britain in September 1933 with a foreword by

Dudley Aman, 1st Baron Marley Dudley Leigh Aman, 1st Baron Marley, DSC (16 May 1884 – 29 February 1952), was a British soldier and Labour politician. Marley was the son of Edward Godfrey Aman, of Farnham, and was educated at Marlborough and the Royal Naval College, Gree ...

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Staging Antifascism: The Brown Book of the Reichstag Fire and Hitler Terror
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Anson Rabinbach Anson Gilbert Rabinbach (born June 2, 1945) is a historian of modern Europe and the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Emeritus at Princeton University. He is best known for his writings on labor, Nazi Germany, Austria, and European t ...

The Reichstag Fire Trial, 1933-2008: The Production of Law and History

The Brown Book of the Hitler Terror and the Burning of the Reichstag
A HathiTrust full text of the US edition held by the University of Michigan: Alfred A Knopf Inc, NY, 1933. * 1933 non-fiction books Books about Nazism French books Propaganda books and pamphlets Conspiracy theories {{polisci-book-stub