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What did the SA want?

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They wanted a second revolution and the creation of a people’s army by merging the germany army with the SA

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Within 6 months of hitler coming to power what had he managed to do?

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He managed to turn germany into a one-party dictatorship

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Who was the leader of the SA?

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Ernst Röhm

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What did Röhm want to do?

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Amalgamate the army and the SA into a people’s militia

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What did the SA consist of?

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3 million committed Nazis with Hitler’s oldest

political friend, Ernst Röhm leading it

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But what was the only organisation that could unseat Hitler from political power?

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The army

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What had the Enabling act of 1933 given hitler the power to do?

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Make laws without first having to seek approval from the Reichstag

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What the did Nazis do with the Enabling act of 1933?

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Took advantage of it and brought about many changes which have become known as the Nazi Revolution

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What were some of the first laws passed after the Enabling act?

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  • laws which removed political opponents and Jews from thr civil servie and judiciary
  • Trade unions were banned
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What did the Sturmabteilung (SA) begin a new wave of?

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A new wave of intimidation and fear and they broke into people’s homes and searched them

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By 1934 what were the few left of?

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By 1934 there were very few people left who could openly oppose Hitler and Nazis

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Who were the ones who could diminish Hitler’s power?

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President Hindenburg could dismiss Hitler at any time and the German army were capable of using their military expertise to overthrow the nazis

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If the SA opposed Hitler’s ideas what could they have posed?

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They could have posed a threat to thr Nazi plans for the future of Germany

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By 1934 how many members did the SA have?

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3 million

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Despite Ernst Röhm being extremely loyal to Hitler and being his oldest political friend, what did many high ranking nazi officials such as göring and goebbels advise hitler to do?

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High ranking nazis such as göring and goebbels advised hitler to take action against the SA

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By the early 1930s what had the SA become?

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Unruly and difficult to control

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What happened on the 30th of june 1934

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Hitler and members of the SS arrested Ernst Röhm and Röhm and SA members were shot by members of the SS

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How many SA members are estimated to have been killed?

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200

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What had Hitler eliminated?

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He had eliminated the SA as a political and military force and brought the SA under his control by purging its leadership

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What was the SS now confirmed as?

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The favoured organisation charged with protecting Hitler and the. Nazi party

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What colour shirts did the SA wear?

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Brownshirts

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What colour shirts did the SS wear?

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Blackshirts

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How were members of the SS chosen?

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They were hand picked on the basis of their physical appearence, blood purity and devotion to the Nazi party

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By 1930 how many well trained members of the SS were there?

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50,000

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Who was the leader of the SS?

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Heinrich Himmler

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What were the SS given the power to do?

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To arrest people without trial, to ransack homes and to confiscate people’s belongings

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What were the SS well known for?

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Their cruelty and they struck fear across Germany

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What three branches was the SS split into?

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  • fighting units
    2. The Gestapo ( international security ) (secret police)
    3. Responsible for running concentration camps
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What did the Germany army do because hitler and the SS shot Röhm?

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For shooting Röhm the army volunteered to swear an oath of allegiance to Hitler which tied the army to Hitler

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What was the significance of the Night of the Long Knives?

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The German army had aligned itself behind Hitler and it marked the emergence of the SS

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