Joseph Goebbels, who had been with Hitler at Bad Wiessee, set the final phase of the plan in motion. Upon returning to Berlin, Goebbels telephoned Göring at 10:00 with the codeword ("hummingbird") to let loose the execution squads on the rest of their unsuspecting victims. Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler commander Sepp Dietrich received orders from Hitler to form an "execution squad" and go to Stadelheim Prison in Munich where Röhm and other SA leaders were being held under arrest. There in the prison courtyard, the Leibstandarte firing squad shot five SA generals and an SA colonel. Several of those not immediately executed were taken back to the Leibstandarte barracks at Lichterfelde, given one-minute "trials", and shot by a firing squad. Röhm himself, however, was kept prisoner.
Joseph Goebbels who had been with Hitler at Bad Wiessee set the final phase of the plan in motion Upon returning to Berlin Goebbels telephoned Göring at 1000 with the codeword ("hummingbird") to let loose the execution squads on the rest of their unsuspecting victims Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler commander Sepp Dietrich received orders from Hitler to form an "execution squad" and go to Stadelheim Prison in Munich where Röhm and other SA leaders were being held under arrest There in the prison courtyard the Leibstandarte firing squad shot five SA generals and an SA colonel Several of those not immediately executed were taken back to the Leibstandarte barracks at Lichterfelde given one-minute "trials" and shot by a firing squad Röhm himself however was kept prisoner