Ernst Röhm
By: Sofia
Background
Information and
Beliefs
Ernst Röhm was born in Munich on
November 28, 1887
He came from a Bavarian family of civil
servants
He enlisted in the army in 1906 and two
years later he received an officer's
commission
He was port of the front line soldiers of
WWI, and was wounded several times,
suffering a serious facial injury that left
him with permanent scarring
He was awarded the iron cross for
bravery
He remained in the army after the 1918
armistice, but soon became interested in
radical nationalist politics
Rhöm’s
connection with
Hitler before
1923
In 1919 Rohm joined the Deutsche
Arbeitpartei (DAP), there he met another
newcomer Adolf Hitler
As they were both war veterans, they had
much in common and became quickly
friend and political allies. Rhöm was one of
the few people whom Hitler addressed as
Du (informal you in German)
Between 1919 and 1923, Rohm continued
as a captain in the regular Reichswehr
During this time he kept on participating in
NSDAP meetings and some Freikorps
operations.
Role within the
Nazi party
In November 1923 Röhm played a
significant role in the Munich putsch. He
marched with Hitler to the
Feldherrnhalle. But the beer hall putsch
resulted in failure.
There was a gun battle between the
Nazis and the Bavarian State Police,
Hitler was then arrested and sentenced
to a term in Landsberg Prison.
As Röhm played a significant role in
Hitler’s Beer Hall putsch, he was also
arrested, he was put on trial for treason
and handed a suspended prison
sentence. The accident meant that
Röhm had to resign from the army. This
meant he could get more involved in
Works of the NSDAP.
Role within the
Nazi party
Röhm was elected to the Reichstag in
1924, where he took a lead role in
managing and reforming the
Sturmabteilung (SA).
He then resigned from the party in 1925
after disagreeing with other influential
figures.
Between 1928 and 1930 he worked in
Bolivia as a lieutenant-colonel and training
advisor
Ernst Röhm was recalled by Hitler after the
electoral success of the Nazi Party of
September 14, 1930, to take command of
the SA.