Editing Ernst Röhm (section)

{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-15282A,_Ernst_Röhm.jpg
|fullname = Ernst Julius Günther Röhm
|alias = 
|origin = Munich, Bavaria, German Empire
|occupation = Commander of the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'' (1931 - 1934)
|type of villain = Nazi Soldier
|goals = Have the SA become the primary military force in Nazi Germany (failed)
|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Arms trafficking]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]
|hobby = }}{{Quote|I am still today a soldier and only a soldier.|Ernst Röhm}}
'''Ernst Julius Günther Röhm''' (November 28<sup>th</sup>, 1887 – July 1<sup>st</sup>, 1934) was a German military officer and an early member of the [[Nazi Party]]. As one of the members of its predecessor, the [[German Workers' Party]], he was a close friend and early ally of [[Adolf Hitler]] and a co-founder of the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'' (SA, "Storm Battalion"), the Nazi Party's militia, and later was its commander. By 1934, the German Army feared the SA's influence and Hitler had come to see Röhm as a potential rival, so he was executed during the [[Night of the Long Knives]], also known as the "Röhm Purge".

Röhm was openly gay, which was ''very'' rare among members of the Nazi Party.