Friday carTOONS

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Sturmabteilung

THE SA

The Sturmabteilung, or SA, was a paramilitary organization associated with the Nazi Party. The SA was integral to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, violently enforcing party norms and attempting to influence elections. After Hitler purged the SA during the Night of the Long Knives in 1934, the SA lost most of its power to the Schutzstaffel, or SS, although the SA did not disband until the war ended in 1945.

KEY FACTS

1.) The Sturmabteilung, or SA, was also known as the Storm Troopers and the Brownshirts, for the color of their uniform.

2.) Officially founded in 1921, the SA grew out of the Freikorps groups in Germany at the end of World War I. The SA was a critical component of Hitler’s rise to power, and eventually counted more than 4 million members.

3.) The 1934 SA purge, known as the Night of the Long Knives, effectively ended the SA’s political and military power.

Source: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-sa