night of the long knives 1934

• hitler decided to rid himself of the threat of rohm and the SA
• he did this by inviting rohm and 100 SA leaders to a meeting in the town of bad wiessee on 30 June 1934
• it was a ruse - when the leaders arrived they were arrested by the SS, taken Munich and shot
• after the arrests, von papens staff were arrested and his house surrounded
• von papen was no longer able to watch what hitler was up to