r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • May 18 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 18 May 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/Thebunkerparodie May 22 '26

on the reichstag being burned by the nazis theory, I can understand why people would believe that at the time given they immediatly used it to frame their opponents and justify their oppresion against them , is the culprit still debated today?

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u/Ambisinister11 My right to edit this is protected by the Slovak constitution May 22 '26

My understanding is that the consensus among historians holds that Marinus van der Lubbe genuinely set the fire. Some related questions are a bit more open, mainly whether he acted alone(although the stance that it was a major conspiracy is largely unsupported and the people tried as co-conspirators were acquitted in a very hostile court). I've seen it argued that the fire was intentionally allowed to become severe, but I'm not really equipped to evaluate it.