Night of the Long Knives
June 30 – July 2, 1934 · Bad Wiessee and Munich
Purge carried out in Nazi Germany from 30 June to 2 July 1934, in which Adolf Hitler ordered the extrajudicial execution of Ernst Rohm and other SA leaders along with political rivals, mainly by the SS and Gestapo. The killings consolidated Hitler's power and eliminated the SA as a political force.
