Introduction: A Night of Violence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Plates ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction: A Night of Violence xiv
6. PART I
7. 1. Turmoil in Post- War Germany and the Origins of the Nazi SA 1
8. 2. Stormtrooper Street Politics: Mobilization in Times of Crisis 32
9. 3. The Brown Cult of Youth and Violence in the Weimar Republic 75
10. PART II
11. 4. Terror, Excitement, and Frustration 117
12. 5. The ‘Röhm Purge’ and the Myth of the Homosexual Nazi 157
13. PART III
14. 6. The Transformation of the SA between 1934 and 1939 183
15. 7. Streetfighters into Farmers? The Brownshirts and the ‘Germanization’ of the European East 217
16. 8. Stormtroopers in the Second World War 237
17. 9. SA Diplomats and the Holocaust in Southeastern Europe 280
18. PART IV
19. 10. ‘Not Guilty’: The Legacy of the SA in Germany after the Second World War 307
20. Conclusion: Stormtroopers and National Socialism 329
21. Notes 339
22. Index 446