Night of the Long Knives

Night of the Long Knives - Quiz

1. What is another name for the Night of the Long Knives?

A) The Weimar Purge
B) The Brownshirt Rebellion
C) Operation Hummingbird
D) The German Coup

2. When did the Night of the Long Knives take place?

A) 30 June to 2 July 1934
B) 13 July to 15 July 1934
C) 1 June to 3 June 1933
D) 30 January to 2 February 1933

3. Which organization did Ernst Röhm lead?

A) Gestapo
B) Sturmabteilung (SA)
C) Schutzstaffel (SS)
D) Reichswehr

4. Who headed the Gestapo during the purge?

A) Hermann Göring
B) Gregor Strasser
C) Heinrich Himmler
D) Reinhard Heydrich

5. Which former Chancellor was killed during the purge?

A) Kurt von Schleicher
B) Paul von Hindenburg
C) Franz von Papen
D) Adolf Hitler

6. What was the main reason Hitler wanted to suppress the SA?

A) To expand the Reichstag's power
B) To alleviate German military concerns
C) To increase taxes on the aristocracy
D) To support the Communist revolution

7. What was the primary paramilitary force used by Hitler to carry out the killings?

A) The Bavarian Police
B) Schutzstaffel (SS)
C) Social Democratic Militia
D) Freikorps

8. What was the estimated death toll of the purge according to some sources?

A) 100 to 200
B) 700 to 1,000
C) 2,000 to 5,000
D) 50 to 100

9. What nickname was Ernst Röhm given in the early 1920s?

A) The Machine Gun King of Bavaria
B) The Brownshirt General
C) The Beer Hall Putschist
D) The Architect of the Purge

10. What did Hitler call himself in his speech to the Reichstag on 13 July 1934?

A) The sole voice of the German Army
B) The Protector of the Weimar Republic
C) The Supreme Commander of the SA
D) The administrator of justice of the German people

11. What was the 'Röhm Putsch' in Nazi propaganda?

A) An alleged imminent coup by the SA
B) A strategy for foreign diplomacy
C) A plan to save the economy
D) An attempt to restore the monarchy

12. Why were the Freikorps initially formed?

A) To support the Social Democrats
B) To deal with the threat of a Communist revolution
C) To protect foreign diplomats
D) To act as the official army of the Weimar Republic

13. What were the members of the SA colloquially called?

A) Greenshirts
B) Blackshirts
C) Brownshirts
D) Reds

14. What was the primary goal of the purge regarding the military?

A) To force the military to join the SA
B) To replace all generals with SS officers
C) To appease the Reichswehr leaders
D) To disband the military completely

15. Which Bavarian politician was killed for his role in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch?

A) Kurt von Schleicher
B) Gregor Strasser
C) Franz von Papen
D) Gustav Ritter von Kahr

16. Which prominent stormtrooper spoke loudly for the continuation of the German revolution?

A) Ernst Röhm
B) Edmund Heines
C) Max Heydebreck
D) Werner von Blomberg

17. Which event did Röhm participate in as an early member of the Nazi Party?

A) The Battle of Verdun
B) Munich Beer Hall Putsch
C) The March on Berlin
D) The Night of the Long Knives

18. What was the nickname given to Blomberg by his critics in the army?

A) The Old Fox
B) The Prussian Noble
C) The Rubber Lion
D) The Iron General

19. How did many officers of the Prussian nobility view the SA?

A) As a disciplined militia
B) As a plebeian rabble
C) As a superior combat force
D) As a necessary partner

20. What did Max Heydebreck call the officers of the army?

A) Swine
B) Patriots
C) Heroes
D) Mentors

21. Who did the stormtroopers wait to die before marching against the army?

A) Werner von Blomberg
B) Papa Hindenburg
C) Edmund Heines
D) Adolf Hitler

22. By the beginning of 1934, what was the approximate membership of the SA?

A) Over three million men
B) Five hundred thousand men
C) One million men
D) One hundred thousand men

23. What demeaning term did Röhm use to refer to Hitler?

A) The ridiculous corporal
B) The weak politician
C) The false leader
D) The puppet of the army

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