The Memoirs of Ernst Rohm

by Rohm, Ernst; Hancock, Eleanor; Brooks, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9781848325999
• ISBN10: 1848325991
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-19
• Publisher: Frontline Books

Summary

Ernst Rouml;hm was one of the key architects behind the rise of the Nazi Party. From 1919 until 1923, following the defeat of Germany in the First World War, Rouml;hm served in the Freikorps and then NSDAP the Nazi Party. He served as the party's patron, promoter and watchdog, and helped found the SA, the thuggish workforce behind Nazi political activity leading up to 1933. It has been stated that the rise to power of both Hitler and the Nazi Party would not have happened without Rouml;hm's organisational skill, authority and influence. He took part in the Beer hall putsch in 1923, but was sufficiently disillusioned by 1925 with the prospects for Nazism that he stood for the Reichtag instead. Rouml;hm wrote and published his memoirs in 1928 entitled A Traitor's Story the year he both resumed working for the Nazis and left to serve in the Bolivian army for two years. Later editions included his time in Bolivia and the notorious Rouml;hm-Heimsoth letters. Rouml;hm proved to be an eloquent writer and he was candid about his experiences and his relationship with the Fuuml;hrer. He wrote, 'Hitler and were linked by ties of sincere friendship.' Little did Rouml;hm know where that 'friendship' would end.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Note on the Translation	p. viii
Introduction	p. ix
Foreword	p. 1
In the Time of the Revolutionary Councils	p. 7
Ohrdruf	p. 16
Chief of Staff to the Munich City Commandant	p. 21
Soldier and Politician	p. 27
Schützenbrigade Epp	p. 29
The Kapp Coup and the Revolt in the Ruhr	p. 32
The German Workers' Party and Work in Pro-Fatherland Units	p. 38
General von Epp's Helpers	p. 43
At General Staff, 7th Division: The Invasion of the Ruhr	p. 77
The Policy Committee of the Pro-Fatherland Fighting Group	p. 87
May 1st, 1923	p. 107
The German Fighting Federation	p. 120
Reichskriegsflagge	p. 134
Signs of a Storm	p. 137
November 8th and 9th, 1923	p. 143
Stadelheim	p. 163
Reflections in Prison	p. 178
Accused Before the People's Court	p. 200
Reichstag Deputy: The Frontbann	p. 206
Afterword	p. 236
Index	p. 238
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