The Nazi political use of the Reichstag Fire shows which pattern?

Turning an emergency crisis into an excuse for repression and centralisation

The correct answer is D. After the Reichstag building was set on fire in February 1933, the Nazi government presented the event as evidence of a communist threat. President Hindenburg issued the Reichstag Fire Decree, which suspended important civil liberties such as freedom of speech, press and assembly and enabled arrests of political opponents. The measure helped the Nazis suppress the Communist Party and weaken other opponents before they secured dictatorial control. The fire itself did not automatically prove who planned it; the important historical point here is how the regime used the emergency politically. Option A reverses the outcome. B is false because opposition rights were reduced, and C is the opposite of what happened. The concept is crisis exploitation for repression and centralisation.

This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: Nazism and the Rise of Hitler. Topic: Hitler’s Rise to Power.