Reported claimRated This incorrectly conflates multiple events in Hitler’s rise. Von Hindenburg dissolved parliament at Hitler’s request in 1933 in order to hold an election. We’ve seen no evidence that Hitler said dissolution was to bypass those trying to stop “the will of the people”. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “On 30th January 1939 Adolf Hitler asked President von Hindenburg to dissolve parliament to stop politicians bypassing “the will of the people.”” This incorrectly conflates multiple events in Hitler’s rise. Von Hindenburg dissolved parliament at Hitler’s request in 1933 in order to hold an election. We’ve seen no evidence that Hitler said dissolution was to bypass those trying to stop “the will of the people”..
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