The Great Blood Purge
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Economics, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination, Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Human Rights, Fascism, Fascists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Berlin
- Date: June 30-July 2, 1934
Article abstract: The Great Blood Purge eliminates the SA leadership and gains support for Hitler’s radical restructuring of German society among German military leaders and industrialists.
Summary of Event
Between June 30 and July 2, 1933, members of the SS summarily executed several hundred Germans on direct orders from Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Hitler targeted especially the top leadership of the SA (also known as the Brown Shirts), including the SA chief of staff, his old friend Ernst Röhm. These murders (usually called by historians the Röhm...
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