Did Hitler ever invoke emergency powers?

submitted by kiwiheretic from (self.history)

sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]asterias 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The incident is called Night of the Long Knives. Hitler declared that there was some conspiracy against him, claimed his right on the "principle of the leader" and had the original National Socialists executed so that he could forfeit the original NSDAP program. Röhm and Strasser were the most eminent victims.