General viktor lutze biography

Viktor Lutze (28 December 1890 – 2 May 1943) was a German Nazi Party functionary and the commander of the Sturmabteilung ("SA") who succeeded Ernst Röhm as.
Viktor Lutze (født 28.
Viktor Lutze was an officer in the Sturmabteilung.

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Viktor Lutze

Viktor Lutze (født 28. desember1890 i Bevergern i Tyskland, død 2. mai1943 i Potsdam) var en tysk nazist og SA-general. Han ledet Sturmabteilung (SA) fra 1934 og frem til sin død. Han representerte høyresiden innad i SA og advarte Hitler mot SA-leder Ernst Röhms venstredreining.

Bakgrunn og militær karriere

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Lutze vokste opp i Bevergern, som er en bydel i Hörstel i Westfalen. Han var sønn av en bonde og håndverker, og etter en kort periode ved et postkontor, gikk Viktor Lutze inn i Den keiserlige hæren i 1912.

Under første verdenskrig tjenestegjorde han i ulike infanteriregiment og ble kompanisjef, og ble alvorlig skadet fire ganger, og mistet ved en av disse det venstre øyet. Han gikk etter krigen i 1919 ut av hæren som offiser, og begynte først i handelsvirksomhet, og deretter i politiet.

Politisk karriere

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Han gikk inn i Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund, en av de største Völkisch-orienterte og antisemittiske organisasjonene i Weimar-republikken. I 1922 ble han medlem av NSDAP og året ette

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Röhm Purge

Between June 30 and July 2, 1934, Nazi Party leadership purged the leadership of the Nazi paramilitary formation, the Sturmabteilung (Storm Troopers; SA). Nazi Party Leader and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler had ordered the purge. The Nazi leaders took advantage of the purge to kill other political enemies. Primarily, they targeted those on the German nationalist right. The purge is known as the “Night of the Long Knives” or “Operation Hummingbird.” These murders cemented an agreement between the Nazi Regime and the German army (Reichswehr). This enabled Hitler to proclaim himself Führer of National Socialist Germany and to claim absolute power.

Background to the Purge

The SA was led by Ernst Röhm, the SA Chief of Staff and a longtime friend of Hitler’s. By June 1934, the SA had expanded to a force of nearly three million men. It significantly outnumbered the German army. The Treaty of Versailles (1919), signed in the aftermath of World War I, had limited the German army to 100,000 men. The SA had provided an intimi

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Chapter 4. Making Heroes: the Early days of OUN-UPA

1This chapter examines interpretations of the topic of OUN-UPA1 as constituents in the process of constructing a national history in Ukraine, and in particular the changing interpretations of this organization in Ukraine. Several introductory premises need to be stated. First, as earlier, the goal is not to determine factual truth per se, but rather to analyze the prevailing narratives. Second, this chapter includes a sampling of newspapers of different political perspectives and readership published in the period from the late 1980s until the early 21st century, from different geographical regions of Ukraine, as well as journals, scholarly works, and contemporary textbooks. Third, no organization is monolithic or static, and OUN-UPA was no exception. Conceivably, also, it might have been possible to focus solely on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), or one of its branches (Banderivtsi or Melnykivtsi), or even to look at the Ukrainian Insurgent Army without the antecedent of the OUN.2 However, the tradition o