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Ernst Röhm was a German military officer and an early member of the Nazi Party.
As one of the members of its predecessor, the German Workers' Party, he was a close friend and early ally of Adolf Hitler and a co-founder of the Sturmabteilung, -- SA, "Storm Battalion", the Nazi Party's militia,
and later was its commander.

Under Röhm, the ... SA intimidation contributed to the rise of the Nazis ... but its reputation for street violence and heavy drinking was a hindrance,
as was the open homosexuality of Röhm and other SA leaders such as his deputy Edmund Heines.

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