Documentation of the SA headquarters, 1923-1945

Documentation of the SA headquarters, 1923-1945
 
 Documentation of the SA headquarters: Establishment of the Assault Unit by the Nazi Party, 1921; establishment of the Supreme SA Leadership (Oberste SA-Fuehrung-OSAF) by Adolf Hitler, headed by Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, based in Munich, 1926; replaced by Hitler himself, in 1929; placement of Ernst Roehm at the head of the organization, 1931; elimination of the organization's leadership on "the night of the long knives", 30 June 1934, and removal of all its political functions; placement of Viktor Lutze as head of the organization following Roehm's murder, replaced by Wilhelm Scheppmann, 1943;
 
 The majority of the documents touch on issues of the organization's policy, its regulations and issues related to educating members of the SA in the National Socialist spirit.