Be_Outside on Nostr: point of historical interest: ....the most infamous purge of Hitler’s inner circle ...
point of historical interest:
....the most infamous purge of Hitler’s inner circle occurred 516 days after he took power, during the “Night of the Long Knives” on June 29, 1934. This event saw the execution of several key members of the Nazi Party, including Ernst Röhm, the leader of the SA (Sturmabteilung or Storm Detachment), along with his lieutenant Edmund Heines, and other political adversaries such as Gregor Strasser and former Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher.
....the most infamous purge of Hitler’s inner circle occurred 516 days after he took power, during the “Night of the Long Knives” on June 29, 1934. This event saw the execution of several key members of the Nazi Party, including Ernst Röhm, the leader of the SA (Sturmabteilung or Storm Detachment), along with his lieutenant Edmund Heines, and other political adversaries such as Gregor Strasser and former Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher.