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June 30, 1934: the Night of the Long Knives, Hitler's purge of those standing in his way
VA Viper ^ | 06/30/2018 | Harpygoddess

Posted on 06/30/2018 10:34:49 AM PDT by harpygoddess

The Night of the Long Knives 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.

When Hitler rose to power in early 1933, he owed much of his success to the muscle of his Nazi Storm Troopers, the SA, a violent, ruthless army headed by Ernst Röhm, Hitler’s long-time friend. Röhm and his Storm Troopers brought Germany into submission by gaining control of the streets gangster-style and violently eliminating Hitler’s political enemies.

However, a threatening, revolutionary force was no longer useful now that Hitler was firmly in power. Hitler wanted to “go legit” and win over the regular army generals, the leaders of industry, and the German people. Most everyone in Germany disliked the SA, who were seen as the arrogant, bullying, murderous thugs that they were, and Hitler knew he needed to curtail their power to increase and solidify his own.

Hitler and the head of the German army, Werner von Blomberg, signed a secret agreement in which Hitler promised Blomberg’s army absolute control of the military (with precedence over the SA); and von Blomberg pledged the army’s backing when Germany’s 86-year-old president Paul von Hindenburg died and Hitler claimed the presidency. But von Hindenburg informed Hitler that the SA must be brought to heel ASAP, or he would declare martial law in Germany and let the army run the show.

On the night of June 30, units of the SS arrested the leaders of the SA and other political opponents. Seventy-seven men were executed on charges of treason, though historians tend to think the figure is higher. Hitler also took the opportunity to assassinate anyone that he didn’t like, or had crossed him, or looked at him the wrong way.

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To: harpygoddess

Some day a title could be/have been “[dates]: the Decades of the Long Knives, Hillaryr’s purge of those standing in her way”.


21 posted on 06/30/2018 11:47:10 AM PDT by null and void (Social justice warriors, killing the trees that produce the fruits of liberty.)
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To: ckilmer

Beria allegedly poisoned Stalin, telling the members of the Politburo, “I just saved you all.”


22 posted on 06/30/2018 11:51:54 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Huskrrrr
The history of the Nazi Party is riddled with infighting and positioning of of the inner circle for more power. It’s amazing that Hitler survived over 40 assassination attempts.

That's how Hitler wanted it, he wanted his successor to be ruthless and the best way was for Hitler to basically stand back and let the chips fall where they may. Some suggest he probably would have preferred Heydrich, which is one of the reason many others despised him, and didn't shed a tear when he was assassinated.

23 posted on 06/30/2018 11:55:47 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: harpygoddess

Note that Hitler used ganglike thugs to GET into power, even though he eliminated them once he got there. Much like the Kennedys using the mafia, then needing to dispose of them (at which they were not quite as successful as Hitler) afterward to keep power.

Think Antifa, BLM, hordes of non-Americans who could be brought against us lowly taxpayers due to their holy illegal status, who did come from violent lands... it’s not like they aren’t rallying right now today everywhere in this land or anything, so there is no way they could be brought to terrorize innocent towns....


24 posted on 06/30/2018 11:57:15 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

The premise of the alternate history movie “Fatherland”, was that the Nazis were eliminating everybody with direct knowledge of The Holocaust.


25 posted on 06/30/2018 11:58:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: faithhopecharity

I swear I didn’t read your post before I wrote mine but we came to the exact same conclusion.


26 posted on 06/30/2018 12:01:41 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: minnesota_bound

Both Hillary Clinton and obama are gay and have killed many people.


While clearly both are gay, I don’t think their orientation has been causal in their murdering for power.

And both could have come out of the closet at any time in the past 5 years to thunderous applause, but chose not to. My guess: it would show them up as the natural liars they have always been.


27 posted on 06/30/2018 12:05:06 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: plain talk

No doubt Hillary would have performed her night of the long knives by now. Heck, every night with her in charge would have been a long knife night. And most of the useful idiots don’t realize, she would have been killing them. Dead Bernie-Bots would have littered the streets. Us Conservatives, we would have been drafted by now to fight her wars.


28 posted on 06/30/2018 12:20:45 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Yaelle

I’m glad I probably wont live long enough to be murdered by the dnc- sorozNazi regime to come Its definitely coming. And I’m no conspiracy nut


29 posted on 06/30/2018 12:22:46 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( "Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: TigerClaws

I know it is revisionist silliness, but it would have been magnificent to destroy Communism in the same time period.


30 posted on 06/30/2018 12:38:29 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: dfwgator

Yes, good points.


31 posted on 06/30/2018 1:18:07 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: ichabod1
Accusations of homosexuality were a common smear tactic in Germany at that time. Whether Rohm was really gay is debatable. Rohm was a personal friend of Hitler and who strongly felt that Hitler owed him big time for fighting the Communists and eliminating Hitlers opponents, Rohm was a WW1 veteran, like Hitler and he felt the SA should be the bearer of German arms and there was no way the Army was going to let that happen. And the German people were tired of all the chaos and violence in their midst. Hitler had to get rid of Rohm. It was that simple.
32 posted on 06/30/2018 1:35:18 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: Bonemaker

Strutting poofters..


33 posted on 06/30/2018 2:09:19 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: jmacusa

I don’t think there’s any doubt that Röhm was homosexual.


34 posted on 06/30/2018 2:24:55 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: dfwgator

That’s not a majority opinion as to the reason for Stalin’s death.

Beria was killed soon thereafter by other members of the Politburo.


35 posted on 06/30/2018 4:15:16 PM PDT by ckilmer (q e)
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To: jmacusa

Röhm probably wasn’t thinking about a war down the road, like Hitler was. Hitler’s priorities were making sure he had the industrialists in his pocket to build his war machine, and that the Wehrmacht generals would support him. Offing Röhm and Company accomplished that.


36 posted on 06/30/2018 4:17:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ckilmer

Beria used to mock the people he executed in front of Stalin and imitate their crying.

Beria was crying like a little girl when his turn came.


37 posted on 06/30/2018 4:20:12 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: harpygoddess
On the night that Ernst Roehm died voices rang out
In the rolling Bavarian hills
And swept through the cities and danced in the gutters
Grown strong like the joining of wills

The Last Day of June, 1934--Al Stewart

38 posted on 06/30/2018 6:31:13 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: laplata

Homosexuals founded the Nazi party and were the leaders of the brownshirts.

Amazing the history that is too un-PC to be taught.


39 posted on 06/30/2018 6:51:32 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Hitler and the head of the German army, Werner von Blomberg, signed a secret agreement in which Hitler promised Blomberg’s army absolute control of the military (with precedence over the SA); and von Blomberg pledged the army’s backing when Germany’s 86-year-old president Paul von Hindenburg died and Hitler claimed the presidency. But von Hindenburg informed Hitler that the SA must be brought to heel ASAP, or he would declare martial law in Germany and let the army run the show. On the night of June 30, units of the SS arrested the leaders of the SA and other political opponents. Seventy-seven men were executed on charges of treason, though historians tend to think the figure is higher. Hitler also took the opportunity to assassinate anyone that he didn’t like, or had crossed him, or looked at him the wrong way.
Rohm was also openly gay, and much more outspoken and doctrinaire about socialism. After this purge, surviving SA members had to swear allegiance to Hitler, literally in his presence, or else. They were then subsumed into the SS, Waffen SS, or wherever else was considered an appropriate fit. Hitler was great at politics (of a certain practical kind, at least) but didn't understand military strategy or tactics, good thing for us.

Thanks harpygoddess.

40 posted on 07/03/2018 1:27:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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