30 jun 1934 ano - Night of the Long Knives

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- Events:
- on the night of the Long Knives of 30th June, armed SS men carried out a wave of assassinations and arrests directed mostly at Röhm and his followers

- 200 most senior SA figures (including Röhm) arrested —> most executed

- old enemies were also targeted such as von Schleicher, von Kahr

- von Papen is placed under house arrest
- killings are carried out by the SS but

German police stands by
- the day after the killing are retroactively legalised by the Reichstag (murder becomes legalised by the Nazi state)

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