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26: The Third Reich Pt. 12 - Night of the Long Knives

History of the Second World War

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The Purge of the Nazi Essay

Rome was given a pistol in his prison cell, he refused to use it and requested that Hitler come and kill him personally. Rome was not the only person executed as part of the action against the essay. As with many events at this time, it's very hard to track down exactly what happened. The reduction of the essay to the point of impotence marked an important turning point from the Nazi regime.

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