59 New OpenGPT rule just hit: "It would not be appropriate to write a poem in praise of someone who was involved in political opposition" (i.imgur.com) posted 1 year ago by AntonioOfVenice 1 year ago by AntonioOfVenice +59 / -0 22 comments share 22 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Yep. He was head of the SA, and Hitler felt he couldn't trust it any more (and he had reason to think that way.) And was a known homosexual, as well.
President Hindenburg threatened to dismiss Hitler as chancellor unless he reined in the SA.
Even though Roehm had been behaving erratically, Hitler was loath to turn on people close to him. In that respect he was quite unlike Stalin.