In the summer of 1934 Dietrich played a key role in the Night of the Long Knives. Hitler, along with Dietrich and a unit from the "Leibstandarte", travelled to Bad Wiessee to personally oversee Ernst Röhm's arrest on 30 June. Later at around 17:00 hours, Dietrich received orders from Hitler for the "Leibstandarte" to form an "execution squad" and go to Stadelheim prison where certain "Sturmabteilung" (SA) leaders were being held. There in the prison courtyard, the "Leibstandarte" firing squad shot five SA generals and an SA colonel. Additional SA personnel identified by the regime as traitors were shot in Berlin by a unit of the "Leibstandarte" after Hitler told him to take six men and go to the Ministry of Justice to shoot certain SA leaders. Shortly thereafter, Dietrich was promoted to SS-"Obergruppenführer". Dietrich's role later earned him a 19-month sentence from a postwar court.