Night of Long Knives

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf political purge
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Röhm_Purge
gptkbp:arrested over 1,000
gptkbp:category Political purges
1934 in Germany
Massacres in Germany
Nazi Germany events
gptkbp:commemoratedBy June 30
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:date July 1, 1934
July 2, 1934
June 30, 1934
gptkbp:followedBy Hitler becomes Führer
gptkbp:hasPart arrest of SA leaders
assassination of Ernst Röhm
murder of Kurt von Schleicher
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Night of Long Knives
gptkbp:legalJustification retroactive law passed by Nazi government
gptkbp:location gptkb:Berlin
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Munich
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:Downfall_(film)
The Death of Night of the Long Knives (BBC documentary)
gptkbp:motive Eliminate rivals
Gain support of German Army
Consolidate Nazi power
gptkbp:order gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Nazi_Party
gptkbp:precededBy Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:German_Army
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Ernst_Röhm
gptkb:Sturmabteilung_(SA)
gptkb:Schutzstaffel_(SS)
gptkbp:result gptkb:Death_of_Ernst_Röhm
Consolidation of Hitler's power
Suppression of SA
Death of political opponents
gptkbp:significance Marked Hitler's rise to absolute power
Elimination of rivals within Nazi Party
End of SA as major force
gptkbp:target gptkb:Gregor_Strasser
gptkb:Ernst_Röhm
gptkb:Kurt_von_Schleicher
gptkb:Gustav_Ritter_von_Kahr
gptkb:Sturmabteilung_(SA)
gptkbp:victim at least 85
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bloodstone_&_Diamonds
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7