Question: where did the night of the long knives take place
Answer: The Night of the Long Knives ( German : Nacht der langen Messer ( help info ) ) , also called Operation Hummingbird ( German : Unternehmen Kolibri ) or , in Germany , the Röhm Putsch , was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany from June 30 to July 2 , 1934 , when the National Socialist German Workers Party , or Nazis , carried out a series of political extrajudicial executions intended to consolidate Adolf Hitler 's absolute hold on power in Germany .