Character Parallels.

Dogsborough → Paul von Hindenburg

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 Arturo Ui → Adolf Hitler 

 Giri → Hermann Göring

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Roma → Ernst Röhm

 Givola → Joseph Goebbels

 Dullfeet → Engelbert Dollfuss (assassinated Chancellor of Austria)

 Clark (of the Trust) → Franz von Papen

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 Fish → Marinus van der Lubbe (Dutch Construction Worker convicted of burning down the Reichstag)

 Vegetable dealers → Petty bourgeoisie

 Gangsters → Fascists

 Chicago → Germany

 Cicero → Austria

 The Warehouse → the Reichstag

The Reichstag Fire - 

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 Caulifower Trust → Prussian Junkers (subsidized German landowners)