Sturmabteilung

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Nazi Party organization defunct organization fascist organization paramilitary organization

The Sturmabteilung (SA) was the Nazi Party’s early paramilitary organization, notorious for its brown-shirted street fighters who helped Adolf Hitler rise to power through intimidation and political violence.

Aliases (5)
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi Party organization →
defunct organization →
fascist organization →
paramilitary organization →
alsoKnownAs Storm Troopers →
surface form: "Stormtroopers (Nazi SA)"
associatedWithCrime persecution of Jews →
political violence →
suppression of political opponents →
country Germany →
dissolutionDate 1945 →
foundingDate 1920 →
headquartersLocation Munich →
ideology Nazism →
anti-communism →
antisemitism →
ultranationalism →
languageOfName German →
nativeLabel Sturmabteilung →
nickname Sturmabteilung →
surface form: "Brownshirts"
notableEvent purge of SA leadership in 1934 →
notableLeader Adolf Hitler →
Ernst Röhm →
Hermann Göring →
Viktor Lutze →
Wilhelm Schepmann →
opposedTo Communist Party of Germany →
Social Democratic Party of Germany →
partOf Nazi Party →
surface form: "National Socialist German Workers' Party"
peakMembership millions of members →
politicalAlignment far-right →
primaryActivity disruption of opponents' meetings →
political intimidation →
protection of Nazi rallies →
street violence →
rivalOrganization Reichswehr →
Schutzstaffel (SS) →
surface form: "Schutzstaffel"
roleInEvent Beer Hall Putsch →
Nazi seizure of power →
Night of the Long Knives →
rise of Adolf Hitler →
shortName SA →
statusAfter1934 politically marginalized →
statusDuringWorldWarII reduced importance →
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler →
translationOfName Storm Detachment →
uniformColor brown →
usedBy Adolf Hitler →
victimOf Night of the Long Knives →
Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Storm Troopers → EnglishNameOf → Sturmabteilung →
Stabschef → associatedWith → Sturmabteilung →
this entity surface form: "SA brownshirts"
Stoßtrupp-Hitler → associatedWith → Sturmabteilung →
SA → fullName → Sturmabteilung →
Storm Detachment → hasOriginalName → Sturmabteilung →
Hlinka Guard → inspiredBy → Sturmabteilung →
this entity surface form: "Nazi SA"
Ernst Röhm → memberOf → Sturmabteilung →
Hans Frank → memberOf → Sturmabteilung →
Herbert Backe → memberOf → Sturmabteilung →
Hermann Göring → memberOf → Sturmabteilung →
subject surface form: "Ludwig Fischer"
Otto Dietrich → memberOf → Sturmabteilung →
Paul Körner → memberOf → Sturmabteilung →
Sturmabteilung → nativeLabel → Sturmabteilung →
Storm Detachment → nickname → Sturmabteilung →
this entity surface form: "Brownshirts"
Storm Troopers → nickname → Sturmabteilung →
this entity surface form: "Brownshirts"
SA → nickname → Sturmabteilung →
subject surface form: "Sturmabteilung"
this entity surface form: "Brownshirts"
Sturmabteilung → nickname → Sturmabteilung →
this entity surface form: "Brownshirts"
Capture of Nuremberg → opponent → Sturmabteilung →
this entity surface form: "Nazi Party militia"
Beer Hall Putsch → organisedBy → Sturmabteilung →
Nazi Germany → paramilitary → Sturmabteilung →
Nazi Party → paramilitaryWing → Sturmabteilung →
Nacht der langen Messer → target → Sturmabteilung →
this entity surface form: "Sturmabteilung leadership"
Night of the Long Knives → target → Sturmabteilung →
this entity surface form: "Sturmabteilung leadership"
Operation Hummingbird → target → Sturmabteilung →
this entity surface form: "Sturmabteilung leadership"
Stabschef → usedBy → Sturmabteilung →
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