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Ernst Julius Günther Röhm (German: [ɛʁnst ˈʁøːm]; 28 November 1887 – 1 July 1934) was a German military officer and a leading member of the Nazi Party.Initially a close friend and early ally of Adolf Hitler, Röhm was the co-founder and leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi Party's original paramilitary wing, which played a significant role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
Ernst Röhm in 1924. The Röhm scandal resulted from the public disclosure of Nazi politician Ernst Röhm's homosexuality by anti-Nazis in 1931 and 1932. As a result of the scandal, Röhm became the first known homosexual politician. Röhm was an early member of the Nazi Party and was close to party leader Adolf Hitler.
Hitler's desire to consolidate his power and settle old scores; Concern of the Reichswehr about the SA; Desire of Ernst Röhm and the SA to continue "the National Socialist revolution" versus Hitler's need for relative social stability so that the economy could be refocused to rearmament and the German people acclimated to the need for expansion and war
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He was ideologically similar to Ernst Röhm, and emphasized the need for the Nazis to radically overthrow German society. His few supporters were later purged from the NSDAP during the Night of the Long Knives, and he lived in exile for most of the Third Reich. Ironically for some, his views on the Soviet Union were friendly at certain points ...
In 1931 and 1932, the Social Democrats publicized the homosexuality of Ernst Röhm, a prominent Nazi politician, in an attempt to discredit the Nazis. [16] The Röhm scandal fuelled the long-lasting but false idea that the Nazi Party was dominated by homosexuals, a recurring theme in 1930s left-wing propaganda.
Adolf Hitler, Gregor Strasser, Ernst Röhm and Hermann Göring in 1932; Röhm and Strasser would be killed in the Night of the Long Knives, which in large part was provoked by evidence fabricated by Göring and Heinrich Himmler purporting to show that Röhm was planning a coup.
It contained many of the original members of the SA and was still led by Ernst Röhm. Frontbann units were formed throughout Germany. Frontbann units were formed throughout Germany. Kurt Daluege was the leader of the Frontbann unit in Berlin and Martin Bormann was a member of the unit in Thüringen . [ 3 ]