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June 30, 1934: the Night of the Long Knives, Hitler's purge of those standing in his way
VA Viper ^ | 06/30/2016 | HarpyGoddess

Posted on 07/01/2016 1:27:16 PM PDT by harpygoddess

The Night of the Long Knives (sometimes called Operation Hummingbird or, in Germany, the Röhm-Putsch), was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany from June 30 to July 2, 1934, when the Nazi regime carried out a series of political murders.

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“If anyone reproaches me and asks why I did not resort to the regular courts of justice, then all I can say is this: In this hour I was responsible for the fate of the German people, and thereby I became the supreme judge of the German people.”

~Adolf Hitler, July 13, 1934

1 posted on 07/01/2016 1:27:16 PM PDT by harpygoddess
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To: harpygoddess

I have a phone and a pen...


2 posted on 07/01/2016 1:29:35 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: harpygoddess

This has to do with Bubba-Lynch meeting.


3 posted on 07/01/2016 1:36:28 PM PDT by Lopeover (2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: harpygoddess

One of my best friends is the grand nephew of Ernst Rohm.


4 posted on 07/01/2016 1:54:57 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: harpygoddess

We WILL see this day. I don’t believe they would do it in a foul swoop - but in the matter of say.. 4 months ?

Take out the conservative powerhouses over the course of a few weeks. When Andrew Breitbart “Died suddenly” I have to be honest - I got my gear together and headed to my location.


5 posted on 07/01/2016 1:57:11 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: harpygoddess

later


6 posted on 07/01/2016 2:04:44 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: harpygoddess

Followed by Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass 1938


7 posted on 07/01/2016 2:13:58 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Celerity

I watched the movie on TV, “Purge”. This was supposed to be a new scheme implemented to reduce rampant crime, homelessness, and unemployment, by, for a period of 12 hours, completely suspending any criminal proceedings against anyone who wished to kill, maim, or burglarize anyone they wished, with no consequences for the perpetrators, and a vast clean-up after the carnage.

The concept was pretty dreadful. But wait, it gets worse. A second film in the series, Purge: Anarchy, puts the carnage on a city-wide scale, with squads and counter-squads openly fighting in the streets.

This was only the run-up for a third film being released this Friday, Purge: Election Year, in which this reaches all the way to top levels of the government, in which elections get determined by whichever side manages to knock off its rivals. The slogan? “Keep America Great”.

No bias there.


8 posted on 07/01/2016 2:24:45 PM PDT by alloysteel (Of course you will live in interesting times, Nobody has a choice, now.)
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To: harpygoddess

“If anyone reproaches me and asks why I did not resort to the regular courts of justice, then all I can say is this: In this hour I was responsible for the fate of the German people, and thereby I became the supreme judge of the German people.”


“If Congress refuses to act to solve [add here], then I will go ahead on behalf of the American people and act by executive order. Americans do not want me to stand idly by in this crisis.”

—Barack Obama (paraphrase)

e.g.: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/21/white-house-obama-profoundly-frustrated-ready-executive-action-guns/

http://www.freep.com/story/news/columnists/rochelle-riley/2016/06/13/president-obama-has-just-one-more-thing-do/85842040/


9 posted on 07/01/2016 2:33:34 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: SkyDancer

The horrible thing was how the non-nazi politicians all caved so quickly in giving Hitler unchecked power especially with the enabling acts in 1933. How can a dictator get power so easily? The only ones that went down on principle were the leftist social democrats!


10 posted on 07/01/2016 2:48:25 PM PDT by bjcoop
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To: harpygoddess

Of course the narrative now is that Hitler killed Rohm because of his homophobia.


11 posted on 07/01/2016 2:49:20 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: bjcoop

A lot of intimidation and murder helped him along. Plus propaganda in all its nasty forms.


12 posted on 07/01/2016 2:52:55 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: harpygoddess

“Ernst Röhm, Hitler’s long-time friend and devotee. Röhm and his Storm Troopers brought Germany into submission by gaining control of the streets gangster-style and violently eliminating any of Hitler’s political enemies.”

Now do your homework and read about the Occupy democrats, Black Lies Matter and other proven violent groups who are threatening violence at the Republican National Convention in two (three?) weeks in Cleveland.

Who’s the nazi?


13 posted on 07/01/2016 3:22:20 PM PDT by normbal (normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America)
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Thousands of good men ended up dying in that war. My dad
was a combat veteran of WWII. A good shot from an
upbringing where he had to hunt if he wanted to eat &
where the leaders had enough sense not to mess with the
RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. - He felt sorry for the ordinary German
soldier; but he detested those dam*ed Nazis. Hitler spent
much of their military budget on his tunnels & hidey holes.
(By the end of the war, many of the German soldiers only
had pitiful cloth caps. The Allies had STEEL helmets that
at least protected their heads.) They were prepared to
“charge Hell with a bucket of water” - and they did it!!


14 posted on 07/01/2016 3:42:27 PM PDT by Twinkie (Cowards die a thousand deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.)
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The schemer Fritz Von Papen is most responsible for putting Hitler in power. The irony in all of it is they at first thought that by making Hitler chancellor they could control him. By 1934 the SA under Rhoem numbered some three million. Hitler was afraid they would take over, so in true gangster fashion he eliminated his rival.
15 posted on 07/01/2016 4:00:58 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
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To: All

Night of the Long Knives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtF-7sBJQo0


16 posted on 07/01/2016 4:44:06 PM PDT by ak267
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To: alloysteel

Yeah, just when I think they can’t get any more flaming...


17 posted on 07/01/2016 5:16:55 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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To: Celerity

Andrew Breitbart.

Michael Hastings.

Antonin Scalia.

John Ashe.

All timely escapes from the mortal coil for threats to the Fourth Reich.


18 posted on 07/01/2016 5:21:31 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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To: jmacusa

President Hindenberg was practically senile at the time. He also sat idly by while anti-semitic laws were passed.


19 posted on 07/01/2016 7:02:26 PM PDT by bjcoop
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OMG! At first I thought this was about the night of long knives at Free Republic. lol


20 posted on 07/01/2016 7:37:04 PM PDT by ssfromla
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