The Brown Book of the Reichstag Fire and Hitler Terror

The Brown Book of the Reichstag Fire and Hitler Terror by John Heartfield

The cover of the book, in German.
Publication date
August 1933

The Brown Book of the Reichstag Fire and Hitler Terror is a book published in Paris, France in August 1933 and written by Otto Katz (also known as Andre Simone). It put forth the theory that Nazis were behind the Reichstag fire of February 27, 1933. Behind the book was German communist Willi Munzenberg.

The book's cover was designed by John Heartfield. The book was published in English in Great Britain in September 1933 with a foreword by Dudley Aman, 1st Baron Marley.

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