Capt. Ernst Roehm

German Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler confers with two of his closest associates, Ernst Roehm and Hermann Goering. Hitler, hatless, wears a leather coat. The other two are in civilian suits and broad rimmed hats. Roehm was killed by Hitler and Goering’s henchmen in June 1934 because Roehm’s paramilitary brown shirts (the SA) were becoming a threat to not only Hitler’s control of the party but also to the German armed forces. The official reason for this “Night of the Long Knives” was that Roehm and his SA cronies were corrupt, extravagant homosexuals

Publication date: 1939-06-25

Size: 7.9 x 10.2 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Germany

Subject(s):

• Heads of state--Germany--1930-1940
• Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
• Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei--People--1930-1940
• Nazis--1930-1940
• Roehm, Ernst, 1887-1934
• Victims of crimes--1930-1940
• Gays--Germany--1930-1940
• Men--Clothing & dress--Germany--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (June 25, 1939), p. 3

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Associated Press