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