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Night of the Long Knives
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Night of the Long Knives

(June 30, 1934) Purge of Nazi leaders by Adolf Hitler. Fearing that the paramilitary SA had become too powerful, Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization's leaders, including Ernst Röhm. Also killed that night were hundreds of other perceived opponents of Hitler, including Kurt von Schleicher and Gregor Strasser.
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The religious authorities have the faithful and those who prospered from revolution, but Khatami has the numbers, the hopes of the technocrats, and the support of substantial numbers of Iranian nationalists who, having fled the blood purges of the Ayatollah Khomeini years, are trickling back, overseeing half-built apartments and reclaiming whatever remains of their property.
Is Iran's Era of Fear Coming to An End? by Nathan, James A. / USA Today (Magazine)
 
 
 
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