The+Night+of+long+Knives

Kiera`s page **The Night of the Long Knives**

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This night was seen as the major wiping out of important SA leaders. On the evenings between June 30 and July 2, 1934, Adolf Hitler organized and preplanned the mass murders with the assistance of his SS group to kill important political leaders involved with the SA group also known as the Brownshirts. He did this because the views between him and the SA leaders and high ranked officials were far from the same, and he began to fear that the control and ideas of his would be lost. Hitler sent out 200 SS soldiers out to carry out the killings. One of the most known murders was that of [|Ernst Roehm], he decided to pardon Roehm because of his past services however after a few hours he came to conclusion that Roehm should commit suicide. When Roehm refused Hitler ordered two members of this SS to shoot and kill Ernst Roehm. With the nighttime murders totaling to at least 84 Hitler now gained more power and ownership of the roles, from the leaders that had been killed. The murders were sometimes set with the code word Hummingbird, this work so simple became so powerful and always ended with deaths. Shortly after the events of the Night of Long Swords it was apparent that Hitler was a fighting force with a master plan of complete power and would go to any lengths to carry it out. =====

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 Note -“Hitler claimed that 61 had been executed while 13 had been shot resisting arrest and three had committed suicide. Others have argued that as many as 400 people were killed during the purge” =====

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References -Ms. Martin and her notes & power points.