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Possibly related: in 1920s germany (unlike 2020s US?), one couldn't come right out and openly say one was organising a paramilitary milita. eg https://en.wikip
by aebtebeten 4y ago
Possibly related: in 1920s germany (unlike 2020s US?), one couldn't come right out and openly say one was organising a paramilitary milita.
eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung#Rise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung#Rise
> More than a year later, on August 3, 1921, Hitler redefined the group as the "Gymnastic and Sports Division" of the party (Turn- und Sportabteilung), perhaps to avoid trouble with the government.