Reichstag trial
noun
The trial of Marinus van der Lubbe and others accused of starting the Reichstag fire, often viewed as corrupt and staged for political ends; (in extended use) a staged trial.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in The Times. After German Reichstagsbrandprozess, lit. ‘Reichstag fire trial’.
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