Did Hitler ever find out that Himmler and Heydrich falsified the reasons for the Night of the Long Knives?

by thursdayaug22

Himmler and Heydrich destroyed Rohm for personal and aspirational reasons- did Hitler ever come to understand that he'd been played a bit? Did he retaliate in any way or did the resulting power that the demonstration and purge provided negate any hard feelings?

frutbarr

The Röhm-Putsch got rid of a whole array of competitors to Hitler. We have no reason to believe this was not in Hitler's best interests. The SA by the time was seen by the public as a too-brutal movement, and Hitler was able to polish his image by pretending to clean up the "crooks" among the Nazis. In other incidents, Hitler played those under him against each other, allowing their career motivations to have them fight it out, stabilizing his position no matter the outcome.