Sturmabteilung
Nazi Party's original paramilitary wing
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Summary
Sturmabteilung is a paramilitary organization[1]. Sturmabteilung ranks in the top 3% of paramilitary organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,053 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: German Reich[3]
- Instance of: political organization[4], political faction[5]
- Founder: Ernst Röhm[6]
- Follows: Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten[7]
- Headquarters location: Munich[8]
- Child organization or unit: SA-Gruppe Bayernwald[9], Kulturkreis der SA[10]
- Commons category: Sturmabteilung[11]
- Chairperson: Otto Wagener[12], Ernst Röhm[13], Franz Pfeffer von Salomon[14], Hermann Göring[15], Heinrich Himmler[16], Viktor Lutze[17], Baldur von Schirach[18], Wilhelm Schepmann[19]
- Has part(s): Kulturkreis der SA[20]
- Inception: 1921[21]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: October 10, 1945[22]
- Parent organization or unit: Nazi Party[23]
- Significant event: Q124021690[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sturmabteilung[25]
- Applies to jurisdiction: German Reich[26]
- Described by source: Dresdner Hefte[27]
- Replaces: Bayerischer Heimatschutz (Wehrverband)[28], Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten[29]
- Native label: Sturmabteilung[30]
- Subject named as: SA[31]
- Short name: SA[32]
- Different from: Schutzstaffel[33]
- Member count: 3,000,000[34]
- Wears: Brownshirt[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
Why It Matters
Sturmabteilung has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Sturmabteilung is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]