Rise to Power: Night of the Long Knives
Adolf Hitler: Rise and Downfall
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The Importance of Keeping Hitler in Check
Ernst Rome has been accused of plotting a coup against the Führer. The essay will down tools for a month to take the heat out of the situation. Hitler is afflicted by chronic fatigue syndrome, not uncommon in combat survivors. Vice-chancellor Franz von Papen had been appointed vice-chancellor to supposedly keep Hitler in check. President Pavon Hindenburg was still nominally the German head of state but no longer in Berlin.
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