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The '''Sturmabteilung''' or '''SA''' or '''brownshirts''' or '''Hitler's youth league''' was Hitler's original paramilitary group and along with the German Worker's Party, a direct antecedent to the entire National Socialist German Workers' Party. Although the intent of the group changed, it always provided protection of Nazi rallies from protesters and was always a self-identified official part of the Nazi regime and it's antecedants. The German Workers Party | The '''Sturmabteilung''' or '''SA''' or '''brownshirts''' or '''Hitler's youth league''' was Hitler's original paramilitary group and along with the German Worker's Party, a direct antecedent to the entire National Socialist German Workers' Party. Although the intent of the group changed, it always provided protection of Nazi rallies from protesters and was always a self-identified official part of the Nazi regime and it's antecedants. The German Workers Party added the word "socialist" to it's name ("NSDAP"), to Hitler's initial objectitions, to appeal to left-wingers. | ||
Early brownshirts mainly concerned themselves with violently ejecting protesters from early NSDAP meetings. | Early brownshirts mainly concerned themselves with violently ejecting protesters from early NSDAP meetings. | ||