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Röhm wanted the SA to absorb or supplant the ''Reichswehr'' (regular army) and to secure equality with the Nazi Party, contrary to Hitler’s wishes. In 1925 Röhm went to Bolivia, but he returned late in 1930 at Hitler’s request to reorganize the SA.

The SA by this time numbered over a million members. Their initial assignment of protecting Nazi leaders at rallies and assemblies was taken over by the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) in relation to the top leaders. The SA did continue its street battles against the communists, forces of rival political parties and violent actions against Jews and others deemed hostile to the Nazi agenda.

The SA by this time numbered over a million members. Their initial assignment of protecting Nazi leaders at rallies and assemblies was taken over by the ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' (SS) in relation to the top leaders. The SA did continue its street battles against the communists, forces of rival political parties and violent actions against Jews and others deemed hostile to the Nazi agenda.

Under Röhm, the SA often took the side of workers in strikes and other labor disputes, attacking strikebreakers and supporting picket lines. SA intimidation contributed to the rise of the Nazis and the violent suppression of rival parties during electoral campaigns, but its reputation for street violence and heavy drinking was a hindrance, as was the open homosexuality of Röhm and other SA leaders such as his deputy Edmund Heines.

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In June 1931, the ''Münchener Post'', a Social Democratic newspaper, began attacking Röhm and the SA regarding homosexuality in its ranks and then in March 1932, the paper obtained and published some private letters of his that left no doubt about his homosexuality; these letters were confiscated by the Berlin police back in 1931 and subsequently passed along to the journalist Helmuth Klotz.

After Hitler became chancellor in 1933, he temporized by including Röhm in his cabinet but then subordinated the SA to the party and the army. Persuaded by [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]], Hitler finally decided to purge the SA chief. Röhm was taken by Hitler personally from a hotel near Munich on the pretext that he and the SA were preparing a putsch. Röhm was shot without trial the next day. The ''Sturmabteilung'' was gradually phased out and superseded by the ''[[Schutzstaffel]]''.

After Hitler became chancellor in 1933, he temporized by including Röhm in his cabinet but then subordinated the SA to the party and the army. Persuaded by [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]], Hitler finally decided to purge the SA chief. Röhm was taken by Hitler personally from a hotel near Munich on the pretext that he and the SA were preparing a putsch. Röhm was shot without trial the next day. The ''Sturmabteilung'' was gradually phased out and superseded by the ''Schutzstaffel''.

In an attempt to erase Röhm from German history, all known copies of the 1933 propaganda film "The Victory of Faith" (Der Sieg des Glaubens)—in which Röhm appeared—were destroyed in 1934, probably on Hitler's order.

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 Röhm wanted the SA to absorb or supplant the ''Reichswehr'' (regular army) and to secure equality with the Nazi Party, contrary to Hitler’s wishes. In 1925 Röhm went to Bolivia, but he returned late in 1930 at Hitler’s request to reorganize the SA.
-The SA by this time numbered over a million members. Their initial assignment of protecting Nazi leaders at rallies and assemblies was taken over by the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) in relation to the top leaders. The SA did continue its street battles against the communists, forces of rival political parties and violent actions against Jews and others deemed hostile to the Nazi agenda.
+The SA by this time numbered over a million members. Their initial assignment of protecting Nazi leaders at rallies and assemblies was taken over by the ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' (SS) in relation to the top leaders. The SA did continue its street battles against the communists, forces of rival political parties and violent actions against Jews and others deemed hostile to the Nazi agenda.
 Under Röhm, the SA often took the side of workers in strikes and other labor disputes, attacking strikebreakers and supporting picket lines. SA intimidation contributed to the rise of the Nazis and the violent suppression of rival parties during electoral campaigns, but its reputation for street violence and heavy drinking was a hindrance, as was the open homosexuality of Röhm and other SA leaders such as his deputy Edmund Heines.
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 In June 1931, the ''Münchener Post'', a Social Democratic newspaper, began attacking Röhm and the SA regarding homosexuality in its ranks and then in March 1932, the paper obtained and published some private letters of his that left no doubt about his homosexuality; these letters were confiscated by the Berlin police back in 1931 and subsequently passed along to the journalist Helmuth Klotz.
-After Hitler became chancellor in 1933, he temporized by including Röhm in his cabinet but then subordinated the SA to the party and the army. Persuaded by [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]], Hitler finally decided to purge the SA chief. Röhm was taken by Hitler personally from a hotel near Munich on the pretext that he and the SA were preparing a putsch. Röhm was shot without trial the next day. The ''Sturmabteilung'' was gradually phased out and superseded by the ''[[Schutzstaffel]]''.
+After Hitler became chancellor in 1933, he temporized by including Röhm in his cabinet but then subordinated the SA to the party and the army. Persuaded by [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]], Hitler finally decided to purge the SA chief. Röhm was taken by Hitler personally from a hotel near Munich on the pretext that he and the SA were preparing a putsch. Röhm was shot without trial the next day. The ''Sturmabteilung'' was gradually phased out and superseded by the ''Schutzstaffel''.
 In an attempt to erase Röhm from German history, all known copies of the 1933 propaganda film "The Victory of Faith" (Der Sieg des Glaubens)—in which Röhm appeared—were destroyed in 1934, probably on Hitler's order.
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 [[Category:Germany]]
 [[Category:Anti-Religious]]
-[[Category:Anti-Semetic]]
+[[Category:Anti-Semitic]]
 [[Category:Irony]]
 [[Category:Social Darwinist]]
 [[Category:Nazi Party Members]]
 [[Category:Hypocrites]]
+[[Category:Misogynists]]
+[[Category:Ableist]]
+[[Category:Male]]