Editing Hermann Esser (section)

==Scandals==
Esser enjoyed life and the power that his media and political power gave him with women. His dalliances led to his being marginalized. After he impregnated a young woman and refused to marry her, she appealed directly to Hitler, who told Esser that he must do the right thing. Upon the birth of the child, Hitler became its [[Godparent|godfather]].{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Esser later sexually assaulted the underage daughter of a businessman. The combined disgust of Strasser, Streicher and [[Joseph Goebbels]] led to his suspension from the NSDAP in March 1935.<ref name=Wistrich/> Hitler had previously said of him, "I know Esser is a scoundrel, but I shall hold on to him as long as he is useful to me."{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}