Saturday, July 2, 2016

VICTIMS OF THE NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES (30 JUNE TO 2 JULY 1934)



On this date, 2 July 1934, the Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm. Let us not forget the victims of Nazi Germany, we will post the information from Wikipedia.

Röhm with Hitler, August 1933

The Night of the Long Knives (German: Nacht der langen Messer) was a purge in which the Nazi regime murdered at least 85 people for political reasons. This took place in Germany between June 30 and July 2, 1934. Most of those killed were members of the Storm Division (SA) (German: Sturmabteilung), a Nazi paramilitary organization.

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