the killings which lists 90 names of people killed (adding the doctor and Röhm associate Karl Günther Heimsoth to the list). Richard J. Evans states that at least 85 people were killed and more than 1000 were arrested. Ian Kershaw also cites the number of deaths at 85. Kershaw notes that "some estimates...put the total number killed at between 150 and 200." William L. Shirer writes in his Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, that "The White Book of the Purge, published by émigrés in Paris claims 401 deaths, but lists only 116 of them. At the 1957 trial in Munich the figure 'more than 1,000' was used." Both of those figures are much higher than the ones most historians of the period rely on, and that Shirer himself was not necessarily citing the figures as accurate, but was simply relaying them in his book. The most recent study on the matter lists by name 89 people who were definitely killed, as well as two other cases of whom it is unclear whether they were murdered during the events or slightly earlier or later. Partial list of victims References Inline citations General references Evans, Richard (2005)The Third Reich in Power. New York: Penguin Group Kershaw, Ian (1999) Hitler: 1889–1936: Hubris. New York: W. W. Norton & Company Shirer, William L. (1960) The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. New York: Simon and Schuster External links Victims of the Night of the Long Knives Adolf Hitler Deaths by firearm in Germany LGBT history in Germany SA SS