Important Events

Question	Answer
Reichstag Fire	- Dutch Communist found with matches etc - Excuse to arrest communists - Still not sure who started it (some think it was Hitler and then he blamed the communists
Kristall Nacht	The night of the broken glass - A pogrom of all Jewish shops (they were all ransacked)
The night of the Long knives	Hitler turned on the SA. Hitler was in power in 1934, and there was no opposition left - the SA were an embarrassment, not an advantage. Also, Rohm, the leader of the SA, was talking about a Socialist revolution and about taking over the army. On the night of 30 June 1934 - codeword 'Hummingbird - Hitler ordered the SS to kill more than 400 SA men.
The Putsch	The Beer hall putsch - Hitler's first attempt to grab power using violence. Most arrested

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	Created by marion.wilson almost 11 years ago