Nazism 1930 - 1934 - YEAR 11 : NAZISM IN GERMANY - LibGuides at Melville Senior High School

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The Nazis by George Bruce
Call Number: 943.086 BRU
ISBN: 9781851526987
Publication Date: 1997
Adolf Hitler by Richard Tames
Call Number: 943.086 HIT
ISBN: 9780431086064
Publication Date: 1998
The Third Reich by David Williamson
Call Number: 943.086 WIL
ISBN: 9781852103217
Publication Date: 1989

Nazism

"When Hitler finally became chancellor, on January 30, 1933, it was not on the crest of a wave of popular support but as the result of backroom political intrigue by Schleicher, Papen, and the president’s son, Oskar von Hindenburg. Only Hitler, they believed, could bring together a coalition with Hugenberg’s DNVP and possibly the Centre Party that could command a majority in the Reichstag."

Reference: Germany. (2018). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://school.eb.com.au/levels/high/article/Germany/106260

Night of the long knives

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Nazi Germany Timeline

Nazi Germany Timeline
A timeline of Nazi Germany from 1918 to 1945 showing the major events which occurred during this period.

The Night of the Long Knives

The Night of the Long Knives
On June 30th 1934 Hitler called on the fiercely loyal Schutzstaffel (SS), ordering them to arrest Rohm and dozens of other prominent SA leaders. Those arrested were either executed, shot resisting arrest or forced to commit suicide; the death toll was listed as 85 people, though it may have been much higher. The Nazis called this three-day wave of raids, arrests and deaths the ‘Rohm-putsch’, painting it as an operation to cleanse the party of corruption, decadence and homosexuality. Outside the party it became known as the ‘Night of the Long Knives’ – evidence of Hitler’s ruthless determination to cling to power, using violence to remove any perceived threat, even if it meant killing his closest friends.