Sturmabteilung
Proper noun
Meaning
Sturmabteilung
A paramilitary division under the German Nazi Party, operating from 1921 until being disbanded in 1934.
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German authors often use quotation marks or write about the sogenannter Röhm-Putsch main ("so-called Röhm Putsch") for emphasis.sfn Hitler and the Sturmabteilung (SA) Hitler posing in Nuremberg with SA members in the late 1920s.
Themes seeAlso The stormtroopers from the movies share a name with the Nazi stormtroopers (see also Sturmabteilung ).
By September 1921 the name Sturmabteilung was being used informally for the group.
Gentzen joined the Sturmabteilung in November 1933 although he was by no means compelled to do so.
Many of those killed were leaders of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazis' own paramilitary Brownshirts organization; the best-known victim was Ernst Röhm, the SA's leader and one of Hitler's longtime supporters and allies.