Hitler becomes Führer (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards

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Hitler becomes Führer
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Final obstacle to Hitler's total control in 1934

President Hindenburg

Alternative names for the SA

Brownshirts or Storm Troopers

Leader of the SA

Ernst Röhm

Date of Night of the Long Knives

30 June 1934

Location where SA leaders were trapped

Bad Wiessee

Forces that arrested SA leaders at Bad Wiessee

SS forces

SA membership size by 1934

At least 3 million members

What Röhm wanted to transform the SA into

Germany's new national army

Leader of the SS

Heinrich Himmler

Date of President Hindenburg's death

2 August 1934

Meaning of 'Führer'

Leader

What the German army swore to Hitler personally

Oath of allegiance

Nazi salute phrase showing personal allegiance

'Heil Hitler!'

Offices merged to create Führer position

Chancellor and President

Former Chancellor killed during the purge

Kurt von Schleicher

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