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Assess the value of these sources to an historian studying the events…
Assess the value of these sources to an historian studying the events leading up to the 'Night of the Long Knives', 30th June 1934
Source A
Paragraph One
Newspaper Article
The tone of the article was very patriotic and emotive with the aim being to gather support for the socialist revolution
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Source B
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Paragraph Six
"selfish, beastliness and arrogance that are now spreading under the disguise of German Revolution"
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Leads up to the Long Knives because it shows the political unrest within the inner circle in the reichstag (even though the rest of the councillors were NSDAP members..)
Source C
Paragraph Eight
"The atmosphere, both meteorological and politically, was stormy"
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Paragraph Seven
Memoirs
Written after the war, Hitler dead so no fear of what will happen for telling the truth
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John Wheeler Bennett
In 1934, John was a young Englishmen living in Berlin who had good contacts with the British Embassy and with leading officers in the German Army
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Shows it lead up to the Night of Long Knives because it exaggerates the environment which everyone was in (politically etc)