The Night of the Long Knives

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath Diminished power of SA
Increased power for SS
Intimidation of opposition
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Hummingbird
gptkbp:date June 30 – July 2, 1934
gptkbp:followedBy Hitler becomes Führer
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Night of the Long Knives
gptkbp:location gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:method gptkb:murder
gptkb:execution
gptkb:prison
gptkbp:motive Eliminate rivals
Gain support of German Army
Suppress dissent within Nazi Party
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Gregor_Strasser
gptkb:Ernst
gptkb:Schmid
gptkb:Bose
gptkb:Ernst_Röhm
gptkb:Fritz_Gerlich
gptkb:Kurt_von_Schleicher
gptkb:Edmund_Heines
gptkb:Gustav_Ritter_von_Kahr
gptkb:Karl_Ernst
gptkb:Jung
gptkb:Edgar_Jung
gptkb:Johannes_Popitz
gptkb:Erich_Klausener
gptkb:Gerlich
gptkb:Heines
gptkb:Herbert_von_Bose
gptkb:Kahr
gptkb:Klausener
gptkb:Röhm
gptkb:Schleicher
gptkb:Strasser
gptkb:Willi_Schmid
gptkbp:order gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Nazi_regime
gptkbp:precededBy Hitler's appointment as Chancellor
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Sturmabteilung
gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:German_Army
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
SS
gptkbp:result Consolidation of Hitler's power
Suppression of SA
Death of political opponents
gptkbp:significance Marked Hitler's rise to absolute power
gptkbp:target gptkb:Gregor_Strasser
gptkb:Ernst_Röhm
gptkb:Kurt_von_Schleicher
gptkb:Sturmabteilung_(SA)
gptkbp:victim at least 85 killed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Count_Nikolai_Ilyich_Tolstoy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6