Case file · High strangeness
Hanussen and the Reichstag fire
In February 1933, clairvoyant Erik Jan Hanussen held a séance in Berlin where he 'foresaw' a great fire; the Reichstag burned the next day. He was murdered by the SA weeks later.
1933 CE · 52.52, 13.38 · status: claim
The sceptical view
Hanussen had close contacts in the SA, and historians suspect inside knowledge or later embellishment, not foresight.