row to hate communists, children would be brought up to hate all communists. It was the Nazi strategy for getting rid of all their opposition, as the Communist party(KDP) and the Socialists(SDP) were the biggest and therefor most dangerous opposition(though the socialists where not as extreme as the Communists and therefor less of a risk, but socialism was still a form of communism). However, the communists still polled highly in the elections, but not high enough. The book could also have been part of a defined policy that was set out to remove the threat of communism.5. The sources E and G do not prove at all that Goring was telling lies. The authenticity of source G is very questionable as it was published by the communist party after Ernst’s death. It would suit the communists to publish such information as this as it would gain them support and place some of them blame on the Nazi party. There is no other proof that Karl Ernst had made that confession, so this piece of evidence is not very reliable at all. If however there was more proof that Ernst was behind the fire, then it would probably be deemed much more reliable, but in the meantime it just appears as a feeble effort by the Communist party to place the blame on the Nazis. However, General Franz Halder’s evidence is much more plausible, but still not a 100% sure. The problem is that we need to understand his motives to see if he is lying or not. The most likely motive is that he is going to jail anyway, so he might as well tell the truth, this would make his account credible as he has nothing to lose. But, he may be saying it to try and save himself, he may have thought that by giving this evidence, it would be considered in his favour when it came to his prosecution. In an extreme case, he may even dislike Goring for some reason and decide to seek revenge by making up evidence. Therefor these two pieces of evidence do not prove that Goring was behind the fire, a...
