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 German Coup
C) The Brownshirt Rebellion
D) Operation Hummingbird

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

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

3. Which organization did Ernst Röhm lead?

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

4. Who headed the Gestapo during the purge?

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

5. Which former Chancellor was killed during the purge?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Why were the Freikorps initially formed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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