Editing Weimar paramilitary groups (section)

=== Right-wing ===
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P046284, Berlin, Reichspräsidentenwahl, Werbung "Stahlhelm".jpg|thumb|266x266px|''Der Stahlhelm'' propaganda car in Berlin promoting [[DNVP]] nominee [[Theodor Duesterberg]] for president of Germany in the [[1932 German presidential election|1932 election]]. The message on the truck reads: "Whoever wants a true people's community votes for Duesterberg, the German man".]]
* ''[[Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten]]'' (The Steel Helmet, League of Front-Line Soldiers), was officially a veterans' organization with about 500,000 members. Led by [[Franz Seldte]] and with ties at the leadership level to the ''Reichswehr'', it was opposed to the Weimar Republic and politically close to the [[German National People's Party]] (DNVP) and other conservative groups. In 1931 it formed part of the [[Harzburg Front]], an anti-democratic political alliance that included the [[Nazi Party]]. In 1934 it was integrated into the SA and dissolved in 1935.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Asmuss |first=Burkhard |date=14 September 2014 |title=Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten |trans-title=The Steel Helmet, League of Front-Line Soldiers |url=https://www.dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/weimarer-republik/innenpolitik/stahlhelm-bund-der-frontsoldaten.html |access-date=22 July 2024 |website=Deutsches Historisches Museum |language=de}}</ref>
* ''[[Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund]]'' (German Nationalist Protection and Defiance Federation) was an antisemitic [[Völkisch movement|''völkisch'']] group led by [[Alfred Roth (politician)|Alfred Roth]]. Its membership peaked at about 200,000 when it was banned by the German government in 1922. It was notable for its revisionist propaganda regarding Germany's defeat in World War I and for attacking Jews, [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democrats]] and middle-class supporters of the Republic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leicht |first=Johannes |date=25 June 2015 |title=Der Deutschvölkische Schutz- und Trutzbund |trans-title=German Nationalist Protection and Defiance Federation |url=https://www.dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/weimarer-republik/antisemitismus/der-deutschvoelkische-schutz-und-trutzbund.html |access-date=22 July 2024 |website=Deutsches Historisches Museum |language=de}}</ref>
* ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'' (SA; English "Storm Division") was formed by [[Adolf Hitler]] in 1921, with most of its members coming from the ''Freikorps''. As part of the Nazi Party, it protected its meetings, marched in its rallies and was often involved in street violence against members of the political left. Led by [[Ernst Röhm]] beginning in 1931, it had an estimated 2,000,000 members when Hitler became German chancellor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 May 2024 |title=SA |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/SA-Nazi-organization |access-date=22 July 2024 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref>
* ''[[Kampfbund]]'' (Battle League) was a Bavarian umbrella group involving the SA, the [[Freikorps Oberland]] and the ''[[Bund Reichskriegsflagge]]'' (Imperial War Flag Society). It was created on 1 September 1923 to consolidate and streamline their agendas after the government in Berlin called off passive resistance to the French and Belgian [[occupation of the Ruhr]]. It planned and conducted the [[Beer Hall Putsch]] and disbanded after it failed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zelnhefer |first=Siegfried |date=8 September 2021 |title=Deutscher Kampfbund, 1923 |url=https://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/Lexikon/Deutscher_Kampfbund,_1923 |access-date=23 July 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon Bayerns |language=de}}</ref>