Night of the Long Knives
by Tolstoy, Nikolai
Published by : Ballantine Books (New York) Physical details: 159 Pages 21x13 cm | PB Year: 1972| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | 943.086 T647N 1972 (Browse shelf) | Available | 4973 |
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One of Adolf Hitler's most brutal and dramatic exterminations came before the Holocaust. The SA was Hitler's army of thugs, but the head of the SA, Ernst Roehm, was threatening Hitler's rule. On June 29th 1934, Hitler ordered the SA leadership to appear for a meeting at the Hotel Hanselbauer. Without warning, the SS burst in, beginning 48 hours of bloodshed in which 1000 of the leading SA, including Roehm, were rounded up and slaughtered. This murderous deed became an omen of what was to come
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