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rsdsharp

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4. June 30 - July 2, 1934, Hitler purged rivals, including those within the Nazi party.

Reply to philly_bob (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 28, 2023, 03:59 PM

Jan 2023

And by purged, I mean rounded up and murdered. Ernst Röhm, head of the SA (the brown shirts) was the leading target, but former Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher was also assassinated. While he was at it, Hitler killed leading members of the leftist-leaning Strasserist faction of the Nazi Party, including its figurehead Gregor Strasser. There had been a socialist element of National Socialism, but it ended with The Night of the Long Knives.

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Not only that, but the shitheads actually believe they're being truthfully educated BComplex Jan 2023 #1

Oh, that's old. "The Nazis were socialists. Hey, it's right in the name." rsdsharp Jan 2023 #2

Please answer philly_bob Jan 2023 #3

June 30 - July 2, 1934, Hitler purged rivals, including those within the Nazi party. rsdsharp Jan 2023 #4

Didn't know there was a socialist element in National Socialism philly_bob Jan 2023 #5

It wasn't large, but it did exist. Hitler appealed to, and needed, the disaffected rsdsharp Jan 2023 #10

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