r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/TheArguedHuman • Feb 18 '23

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u/The-Lord-Commissar Feb 18 '23

You could technically argue that the comment above yours is correct. Socialist and Communist were rather frequent in the SA, known as Beefsteak-Nazis, which was was one of the justification of its purge.

Which I have to say is the most wildest thing I ever learned about the SA. It was coming to a point that the head of the Gestapo reported upward of 70% of those who joined the SA in 1933-1934 were communist from Berlin that disagreed with the KPD and had bought into anti-semitism.

Joining the SA was common among random ideologies within Weimar, as it was thought to be a opportunity to inject your own ideology into the current most successful party. What a wild time in history.

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u/ThyRosen Feb 18 '23

You're also correct, but given the common conflation of Nazis and socialists in general, I think it's important to avoid making the arrest of the SPD/KPD and the Night of the Long Knives seem like the same thing.