Assassination of former Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher · Hitler's supremacy confirmed · Elimination of the SA as a threat along with leader Ernst Röhm ...

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7 days ago — On the night of June 30, 1934, Röhm and many more leaders of the SA were shot by members of Heinrich Himmler's SS (Schutzstaffeln; German: “ ...

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The Night of the Long Knives ultimately reinforced Hitler's control over the Nazi party and eliminated potential threats to his authority, reshaping the ...

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At least 85 men were killed in the purge, including the SA's leader Ernst Röhm, and numerous individuals who were not members but still wanted dead by Hitler.

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In Germany, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler orders a bloody purge of his own political party, assassinating hundreds of Nazis whom he believed had ...

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On June 30, Hitler ordered the SS (the Nazis' elite guard) and the regular army to murder more than 200 SA leaders, including Röhm. They also killed Kurt von ...

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The Röhm Purge (the “Night of the Long Knives") was the murder of the leadership of the SA (Storm Troopers), the Nazi paramilitary formation ...

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After Hindenburg died, Hitler declared himself jointly president, chancellor and head of the army. This formally made Hitler the absolute ruler of Germany.

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The Night of the Long Knives was the term given to the process whereby Hitler, in 1934, purged the Nazi Party of all those who were a threat to Hitler.

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It happened between 30 June and 2 July 1934 when the Nazi regime executed at least 90 people and an estimated 200 for political reasons.

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