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Those eliminated in the purge were felt to represent a "socialist cabal" who could have been a [[Fifth Column]] in the [[fascist]] state. Among those killed was Hitler's former close ally Ernst Rohm, leader of the [[Brownshirts]] (Sturmabteilung, or SA)
Those eliminated in the purge were felt to represent a "socialist cabal" who could have been a [[Fifth Column]] in the [[fascist]] state. Among those killed was Hitler's former close ally Ernst Rohm, leader of the [[Brownshirts]] (Sturmabteilung, or SA)
The term is now often used to describe any ruthless purging of enemies, with or without bloodshed, as in the preremptory sacking of seven cabinet ministers by British Prime Minister [[Harold Macmillan]] in July 1962.