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Initially a close friend and early ally of Adolf Hitler, Röhm was the co-founder and leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi Party's original paramilitary wing, which played a significant role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
Jul 20, 1998 · Ernst Röhm was a German army officer and chief organizer of Adolf Hitler’s Storm Troopers (Sturmabteilung, or SA; Brownshirts). Feared as a rival by Hitler, he was murdered at the Führer’s order.
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Dec 24, 2018 · Ernst Röhm was a former soldier and a co-founder of the Nazi Party with Hitler. He led the SA, a paramilitary group that intimidated opponents and threatened the government, but was betrayed and executed by Hitler in 1934.
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Ernst Röhm was a Nazi leader and SA chief who was executed by Hitler in 1934. Learn about his life, role, and death in this biography by the Holocaust Historical Society.
Mar 9, 2015 · Learn about Ernst Rohm, the leader of the SA (Brownshirts) who was a loyal Nazi but also a socialist. Find out how he was betrayed and killed by Hitler in 1934.
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Night of the Long Knives, in German history, purge of Nazi leaders by Adolf Hitler on June 30, 1934. Fearing that the paramilitary SA had become too powerful, Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization’s leaders, including Ernst Rohm, as well as hundreds of other perceived opponents.
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The Röhm Purge was the murder of the leadership of the SA (Storm Troopers), the Nazi paramilitary formation led by Ernst Röhm. The murders took place between June 30 and July 2, 1934. The ruling elites and ultimately Hitler saw the SA as a threat to their hold on power.
