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| Sturmabteilung | |
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| SA insignia | |
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| Adolf Hitler and Ernst Röhm inspecting the SA in Nuremberg in 1933 | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1920 |
| Dissolved | May 8, 1945 |
| Superseding agency | Schutzstaffel (c. 1934 onwards) |
| Jurisdiction | |
| Headquarters | SA High Command, Barerstraße, Munich |
| Ministers responsible | Emil Maurice (1920–1921), Oberster SA-Führer Hans Ulrich Klintzsch (1921–1923), Oberster SA-Führer Hermann Göring (1923), Oberster SA-Führer Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1926–1930), Oberster SA-Führer Adolf Hitler (1930–1945), Oberster SA-Führer |
| Agency executives | Otto Wagener (1929–1931), Stabschef-SA Ernst Röhm (1931–1934), Stabschef-SA Viktor Lutze (1934–1943), Stabschef-SA Wilhelm Schepmann (1943–1945), Stabschef-SA |
| Parent agency | Nazi Party (NSDAP) |
| Child agency | Schutzstaffel (until c. July 1934) |
The Sturmabteilung (
listen (info • help); often shortened to SA) was a paramilitary group for the German Nazi Party.Their leader was Ernst Röhm.The group was important in helping Adolf Hitler gain power in the 1930s.
In English, they are often called the Stormtroopers or the Brownshirts, while Sturmabteilung literally translates to “assault detachment” or “assault section”.They wore a brown uniform, similar to the black uniform worn by Mussolini's Blackshirts.
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