Roter Frontkämpferbund
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The Roter Frontkämpferbund, usually called the Rotfrontkämpferbund, was a legally registered far-left paramilitary organization affiliated with the Communist Party of Germany during the Weimar Republi
RFB leaders Ernst Thälmann (left) and Willy Leow (right) in Berlin, June 1927
Assembly of the Roter Frontkämpferbund in Lustgarten, May 1928
RFB membership badges of the 1924 pattern (above) and of the 1926 pattern (below)
Ernst Thälmann in RFB uniform
Sturmabteilung
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The Sturmabteilung, or SA, was the original paramilitary militia under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party of Germany. The organisation played a significant role in Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and
Roter Frontkämpferbund
…political activities exposed to attacks from the police and right-wing paramilitary organizations such as the nationalist Der Stahlhelm and the Nazi Sturmabteilung (SA). The ninth national conference of the KPD in April 1924 decided to form a new defense organization. It was given the name Roter Frontkämpfer-Bund…
Hitler and Hermann Göring with SA stormtroopers in front of Frauenkirche, Nuremberg in 1928
The SA unit in Nuremberg, 1929
Marketing for the SA's Sturm Cigarette Company also promoted military service.
The SA unit in Berlin in 1932