Daily Quiz: On Hitler’s various security groups

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In September 1919, Adolf Hitler joined the German Workers’ Party (DAP), a small nationalist group in Munich founded by _____ _______. On February 24, 1920, the DAP renamed itself ‘NSDAP’, later colloquially called the Nazi Party. Fill in the blanks.

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In 1921-22, the NSDAP set up a paramilitary wing called the Sturmabteilung, or SA for short, and used it to intimidate its opponents and to stage rallies. What was the colloquial name for members of this wing, which was based on the colour of their uniforms?

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Hitler didn’t trust the Sturmabteilung, so in 1923 he created a separate unit in charge of his personal security. However, this unit was abolished after the event known as X that year, which failed and landed Hitler in prison. Name X.

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In 1925, Hitler created Y, whose name was German for ‘Protection Squadron’. For Hitler’s purposes, it replaced the Sturmabteilung. Thanks to the leadership of Heinrich Himmler from 1929, it went on to become one of the most powerful and feared organisations in Nazi Germany. Name Y.

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Name the event of February 23, 1933, that Hitler used as a pretext to arrest communists en masse, skewing the elections on March 5 in the NSDAP’s favour and eventually leading to Hitler getting the power to make laws without parliament.