Was done by Hitler to cover his own tracks
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Ernst Röhm
Ernst Julius Günther Röhm was a German military officer, politician, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. 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 Hitler's rise to power. He served as chief of the SA from 1931 until his assassination by the SS in 1…
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politics · German Nazi military officer (1887–1934) · politician · military personnel · military officer · minister · also Ernst Röhm, Röhm
Born 28 November 1887 · Died 1 July 1934 · Q58583
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1935· 1 entry
With Victor Lutze replacing Röhm and the SA playing a much lesser role
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1934· 6 entries
Died 1934-07-01.
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“Since I am an immature and wicked man, war and unrest appeal to me more than good bourgeois order. Brutality is respected, the people need wholesome fear. They want to fear someone. They want someone to frighten them and make them shudderingly submissive.”
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“If I am to be killed, let Adolf do it himself!”
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“I am still today a soldier and only a soldier. (Ich bin noch heute Soldat und nur Soldat)”
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Probably on Hitler's order; however, at least one copy has survived destruction
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“Opis: wyznanie złożone Röhmowi kilka miesięcy przed nocą długich noży.”
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1933· 1 entry
Röhm was named a Reichsleiter, the second highest political rank in the Nazi Party, and appointed to the Reich cabinet as a Reichsminister without portfolio
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1931· 1 entry
And subsequently passed along to the journalist Helmuth Klotz
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1930· 1 entry
At Hitler's request, Röhm returned to Germany and was officially appointed chief of staff of the SA in 1931
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1928· 1 entry
Röhm was recruited by retired Prussian general, Hans Kundt, to serve as a military advisor to the Bolivian Army
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1925· 1 entry
Over the future direction of the Nazi Party
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1923· 1 entry
Took part in Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch to seize governmental power in Munich and was given a suspended prison sentence
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1919· 2 entries
Röhm joined the German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, and became a close associate of Adolf Hitler
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Joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), which the following year became the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP)
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1906· 1 entry
Röhm entered the Royal Bavarian 10th Infantry Regiment, "King Ludwig" at Ingolstadt as a cadet, even though his family had no military tradition
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1887· 3 entries
Born 1887-11-28.
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Ernst Röhm was born in 1887 in Munich, Bavaria, German Empire as the youngest of three children—he had an elder sister and brother—of Emilie and Julius Röhm.
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In Munich, Bavaria, German Empire as the youngest of three children—he had an elder sister and brother—of Emilie and Julius Röhm
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