> The Reichstag fire was a terrorist like event ... > open confrontation between different political forces I'm not sure about such difference. As I remember,

> The Reichstag fire was a terrorist like event ... > open confrontation between different political forces I'm not sure about such difference. As I remember, nsdap got few places in Reichstag, so it was legal political force, even considering it's littleness. And from experience of young democracies, there deputy usually have immunity. Fire-raising could being considered as just light offense, or even accident, not crime. BTW, command military to shoot on parliament is 100% terrorism, if not exists real threat for which need so much power. These things are easy seen from experience living under invasion. But I could suggest easy duck test for terrorism - it is crime, with political demand, nothing less. Crime appear, when clearly seen violence or murder, or large quantities of illegal drugs or other illegal substances (it depends on country and on exact drug, but approx, 10grams of heroine is crime, and 0.1g is not). Returning to Reichstag, after elections, there was three win parties - two communists and nsdap. Knowing communists, I don't think, they could prove violence, or fabricate other signs of crime, and other subjects was not interested in declare deputies crime, and conduct all need bureaucracy procedures, so we have light offense at most.