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The Night of the Long Knives was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany between June 30 and July 2, 1934, when the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party Nazi] regime carried out a series of political murders. Leading figures of the left-wing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasserism Strasserist] faction of the Nazi Party, along with its figurehead, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Strasser Gregor Strasser], were murdered, as were prominent conservative anti-Nazis (such as former Chancellor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_von_Schleicher Kurt von Schleicher] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Ritter_von_Kahr Gustav Ritter von Kahr], who had suppressed Hitler's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch Beer Hall Putsch] in 1923). Many of those killed were leaders of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung Sturmabteilung] (SA), the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramilitary paramilitary] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownshirts brownshirts].

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	The Night of the Long Knives was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany between June 30 and July 2, 1934, when the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party Nazi] regime carried out a series of political murders. Leading figures of the left-wing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasserism Strasserist] faction of the Nazi Party, along with its figurehead, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Strasser Gregor Strasser], were murdered, as were prominent conservative anti-Nazis (such as former Chancellor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_von_Schleicher Kurt von Schleicher] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Ritter_von_Kahr Gustav Ritter von Kahr], who had suppressed Hitler's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch Beer Hall Putsch] in 1923). Many of those killed were leaders of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung Sturmabteilung] (SA), the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramilitary paramilitary] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownshirts brownshirts].		The Night of the Long Knives was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany between June 30 and July 2, 1934, when the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party Nazi] regime carried out a series of political murders. Leading figures of the left-wing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasserism Strasserist] faction of the Nazi Party, along with its figurehead, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Strasser Gregor Strasser], were murdered, as were prominent conservative anti-Nazis (such as former Chancellor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_von_Schleicher Kurt von Schleicher] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Ritter_von_Kahr Gustav Ritter von Kahr], who had suppressed Hitler's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch Beer Hall Putsch] in 1923). Many of those killed were leaders of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung Sturmabteilung] (SA), the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramilitary paramilitary] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownshirts brownshirts].