The Röhm Putsch and the Nazi State History 323 / April 1, 2013
Ernst Röhm… with Heinrich Himmler lurking behind
Hotel in Bad Wiessee: Where Röhm was apprehended
Justifying the putsch: an invented story about Röhm’s plans for a “second revolution”
Hindenburg re-buried at the Tannenberg battle memorial
Wehrmacht officers swear loyalty to the Führer (Aug. 1934)
The NSDAP pledges loyalty: The Nuremberg Party Congress (Sept. 1934)
Himmler and Göring: Rivals for resources (and the Führer’s ear)
Party bosses: Martin Bormann, Rudolf Hess, and Robert Ley (1935)
Hitler with foreign policy advisors (Sept. 1939)
Hitler with Eva Braun at the Berghof (June 1942)
Hitler and Blondi at the Berghof
Oct. 1933: Foreign Minister von Neurath explains Germany’s withdrawal from the League of Nations
Jan. 1935: In a plebiscite in the Saar, 90% vote to join the Third Reich
March 1935: Hitler re-introduces the draft for German men
June 1935: Ambassador Ribbentrop’s naval deal with Britain
March 1936: Re-militarizing the Rhineland
German troops enter Düsseldorf (March 8, 1936)