The story of how Hitler seized control in Germany during his ruthless quest for world domination.
The story of how Hitler seized control in Germany during his ruthless quest for world domination.
Many wonder how Adolf Hitler, a mediocre army corporal and failed landscape painter, could have become the architect of the most calamitous events of the twentieth century. But fewer know that Hitler's fateful transition from ambitious demagogue to Europe's most vicious tyrant occurred on an ordinary Saturday--June 30, 1934--in a little-known event that would come to be called "The Night of the Long Knives." This is the story of the events leading up to that awful event, and its most horrifying repercussions.
Paul Maracin is a former criminal investigator with the San Diego County District Attorney's Office. He lives in San Diego, California.
Many wonder how an entire nation could allow Adolf Hitler--a mediocre army corporal and failed landscape painter--to become the architect of the most calamitous events of the twentieth century. But few know that Hitler's fateful transition from ambitious demagogue to Europe's most vicious tyrant occurred on an ordinary Saturday--June 30, 1934--through a little-known event that would come to be called "The Night of the Long Knives." In The Night of the Long Knives, Paul R. Maracin has painstakingly pieced together the scattered and intentionally obscured elements of this fascinating story of deceit, intrigue, and mass murder that has as yet received little attention from historians. First came the burning of the Reichstag--Germany's parliament--an event that Hitler's government blamed on subversives. Hermann G
Many wonder how Adolf Hitler, a mediocre army corporal and failed landscape painter, could have become the architect of the most calamitous events of the twentieth century. But fewer know that Hitler's fateful transition from ambitious demagogue to Europe's most vicious tyrant occurred on an ordinary Saturday--June 30, 1934--in a little-known event that would come to be called "The Night of the Long Knives." This is the story of the events leading up to that awful event, and its most horrifying repercussions.
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