Röhm Purge

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf political event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Night_of_the_Long_Knives
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:date June 30 – July 2, 1934
gptkbp:followedBy Increased power of SS
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Röhm Purge
gptkbp:legalJustification Retroactive law passed by Nazi government
gptkbp:location gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Propagandized by Nazi press
gptkbp:motive Appease German Army
Eliminate rivals to Hitler
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Gregor_Strasser
gptkb:Kurt_von_Schleicher
gptkb:Edgar_Jung
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Nazi_regime
gptkbp:precededBy Hitler's consolidation of power as Chancellor
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:Heinrich_Himmler
gptkb:German_Army_(Reichswehr)
gptkb:SA_(Sturmabteilung)
gptkb:SS_(Schutzstaffel)
Hermann Göring
gptkbp:result gptkb:Death_of_Ernst_Röhm
Suppression of SA
Consolidation of Adolf Hitler's power
Death of other SA leaders
gptkbp:significance Marked Hitler's rise to absolute power
gptkbp:target gptkb:Ernst_Röhm
gptkb:Sturmabteilung_(SA)
Other political opponents
gptkbp:victim estimated 85 to over 1,000
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Night_of_the_Long_Knives
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6