Newly found German testimony from 60 years ago has cast fresh doubt on Nazi-era claims a Dutch communist was responsible for the 1933
fire that gutted the Reichstag building, German media reported on Friday.
The Reichstag blaze remains a source of controversy in
Germany as Adolf Hitler used the fire to claim a Communist plot and consolidate his influence with a crackdown.
Germany's RND newspaper group on Friday published an affidavit of a former Nazi paramilitary dating from 1955 and found in archives of a Hanover court, which confirmed its authenticity.