>>5Röhm, a noted anti-Capitalist and hardline Socialist, desired for permanent, continuous revolution[9] (in a manner similar to Trotskyist ideology). The army, which by that point only had 100,000 members, feared the SA would absorb it into its ranks; which is what Röhm wanted to do. Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich prepared the list of Röhm's SA associates who were executed or imprisoned in the "Night of the Long Knives" which took place between June 30 and July 2, 1934.[10] Hitler had Röhm killed as well, for fear that he would be a rival in the near future, with Rohm arrogantly demanding that Hitler deal the killing blow when told to commit suicide via revolver in 10 minutes, only for two SS officers, including Dachau commander Theodor Eicke, to shoot him point blank, with Rohm's alleged last words being a declaration of Hitler as the Fuhrer, only for Eicke to angrily tell Rohm that it's too late for that.[11] Himmler and his SS gained enormously from the killings; the SS became its own branch and Himmler reported only to Hitler.[12]