| 单词 | reichstag trial |
| 释义 | > as lemmasReichstag trial Reichstag trial n. [after German Reichstagsbrandprozess, lit. ‘Reichstag fire trial’ (1933)] the trial of Marinus van der Lubbe and others accused of starting the Reichstag fire, often viewed as corrupt and staged for political ends (see note at Reichstag fire n.); (in extended use) a staged trial. ΚΠ 1933 Times 15 Sept. 12/5 The German Government..inquired..whether the Reichstag ‘trial’ proceedings now taking place in London were in any sense under official auspices. 1968 D. Hopkinson Incense-tree xii. 156 The trial was a travesty in the tradition of the Reichstag Trial at Leipzig. 1970 Peace News 17 Apr. 8/1 Bobby Seale has been sentenced to four years for contempt of court at Attorney General Mitchell's ‘Reichstag Trial’ in Chicago. 1998 Weekly Standard (Nexis) 11 May 31 Georgi Dimitrov, the Bulgarian Communist leader,..had inspired the Left worldwide with his heroic defiance of the Nazis at the Reichstag trial. < as lemmas |
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