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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's typical, yes. Knight of the Long Knives was about purging the people in the Nazi party who were insufficiently loyal to Hitler. They had fulfilled their purpose and now they needed to go.