Editing Night of the Long Knives (section)

===Röhm's fate===
Röhm was held briefly at Stadelheim Prison{{efn|name=Stadelheim Prison}} in Munich, while Hitler considered his future. On 1 July, at Hitler's behest, [[Theodor Eicke]], Commandant of the [[Dachau concentration camp]], and his SS adjutant [[Michael Lippert]] visited Röhm. Once inside Röhm's cell, they handed him a [[Browning Hi-Power|Browning pistol]] loaded with a single cartridge and told him he had ten minutes to kill himself or they would do it for him. Röhm demurred, telling them, "If I am to be killed, let Adolf do it himself."{{sfn|Shirer|1960|p=221}} Having heard nothing in the allotted time, they returned to Röhm's cell at 14:50 to find him standing, with his bare chest puffed out in a gesture of defiance.{{sfn|Evans|2005|p=33}} Eicke and Lippert then shot Röhm, killing him.{{sfn|Kershaw|2008|p=312}} In 1957, the German authorities tried Lippert in Munich for Röhm's murder. Until then, Lippert had been one of the few executioners of the purge to evade trial. Lippert was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison.<ref>{{cite book |last=Messenger |first=Charles |title=Hitler's Gladiator: The Life and Wars of Panzer Army Commander Sepp Dietrich |location=London |year=2005 |pages=204–205 |isbn=978-1-84486-022-7}}</ref>