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Today in History: June 30, Night of the Long Knives


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German police who, with special police attached to Premier Goering and the Chancellor Hitler’s guards, were in charge of almost all public buildings in and around Berlin, following revolt, June 30, 1934. Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher was killed and Ernst Röhm, chief of staff of the storm troopers, was shot, though it was said he committed suicide. (AP Photo)

Adolf Hitler launched his “blood purge” of political and military rivals in Germany in what came to be known as the “Night of the Long Knives.”


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