The Night of the Long Knives

La Nuit des longs couteaux

Also known as Durch Mord zur absoluten Macht: Hitler dezimiert die SA

In June 1934, Hitler decided to eliminate the powerful leadership of the SA. With his pistol drawn, he entered the Hotel Hanselbauer in Bad Wiessee on June 30, where his friend Ernst Röhm and other SA functionaries were staying. The three-day murder operation within the SA's own ranks has gone down in history as the "Night of the Long Knives".