Hitler becomes Fuhrer
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- Hitler becomes Fuhrer
- Rohm and the SA were a threat to Hitler
- Rohm didn't like Hitlers policies
- Many of SA - bitter. Felt angry and undervalued - many still unemployed but loyal to Rohm
- SA - much bigger than the army and army feared Rohm wanted to replace them
- Leaders of the ** wanted to reduce the size of the SA in order to increase their own power
- The **
- Set up by Hitler in 1925 to act as his bodyguards. Appeared menacing in their black uniforms
- The Night of the Long Knives
- Hitler decided he wanted to rid himself of the threat of Rohm and the SA
- Invited Rohm and 100 SA leaders to a meeting on 30th June 1934
- Was a trick - when the SA arrived, arrested by the ** taken to Munich and shot
- After the arrests, von Papen's staff were arrested and his home surrounded.
- von Papen - no longer able to watch what Hitler was up to. Further killings occurred.
- After the arrests, von Papen's staff were arrested and his home surrounded.
- Was a trick - when the SA arrived, arrested by the ** taken to Munich and shot
- Invited Rohm and 100 SA leaders to a meeting on 30th June 1934
- Hitler decided he wanted to rid himself of the threat of Rohm and the SA
- Death of Hindenburg
- Only person senior to Hitler
- August 1934, he died
- A Law concerning the Head of State merged the offices of Chancellor and President to create a new office called Fuhrer (meaning leader)
- Hitler used propaganda to ensure that he looked all powerful
- The 'Heil Hitler!' salute made people swear loyalty to him personally - portrayed as having superhuman, heroic qualities
- Hitler used propaganda to ensure that he looked all powerful
- Army oath of allegiance
- When Hindenburg died, Hitler announced the army should swear an oath of allegiance to him, not to Germany
- Rohm and the SA were a threat to Hitler
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