Editing Weimar paramilitary groups (section)

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* ''[[Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold]]'' (Reich Banner Black-Red-Gold) was devoted to the defense of the Weimar Republic. It was founded by former front-line soldiers of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (who made up the majority of the group), the [[German Democratic Party]] and the Catholic [[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre Party]]. Organized militarily, its main opponents were the Nazi SA and the [[Communist Party of Germany]]'s ''[[Roter Frontkämpferbund]]''. The ''Reichsbanner'' claimed more than three million members at its peak and was banned by the Nazis in 1933.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold at a Mass Rally in Potsdam (October 26, 1924) |url=https://ghdi.ghi-dc.org/sub_image.cfm?image_id=4030 |access-date=23 July 2024 |website=German History in Documents and Images (GHDI)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2024 |title=Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold |url=https://www.spd-geschichtswerkstatt.de/wiki/Reichsbanner_Schwarz-Rot-Gold |access-date=23 July 2024 |website=Geschichtswerkstatt in der SPD Schleswig-Holstein |language=de}}</ref>
* [[Iron Front|''Eiserne Front'']] (Iron Front) brought together the ''Reichsbanner'', free labor unions and workers' gymnastics and sports associations in 1931 in response to the far right's [[Harzburg Front]]. Not itself organized as a paramilitary, the Iron Front's central goal was to strengthen the Social Democrats in the [[July 1932 German federal election|1932 Reichstag election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elsbach |first=Sebastian |date=2 April 2019 |title=Die Eiserne Front |trans-title=The Iron Front |url=https://www.dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/weimarer-republik/innenpolitik/die-eiserne-front.html |access-date=23 July 2023 |website=Deutsches Historisches Museum |language=de}}</ref>
* ''[[Jungdeutscher Orden]]'' (Young German Order) was a nationalist and antisemitic association founded by [[Artur Mahraun]]. Initially a paramilitary, it changed into a more politically oriented group with the goal of recreating the camaraderie experienced by soldiers at the front during [[World War I]] in order to overcome class and social differences in German society. In 1930, its political arm merged with the liberal [[German Democratic Party]] to form the short-lived [[German State Party]]. The Young German Order was banned by the Nazis in 1933.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 January 2023 |title=Jungdeutscher Orden, Bruderschaften Leer und Rheiderland |trans-title=Young German Order, Leer and Rheiderland Brotherhoods |url=https://www.archivportal-d.de/item/SB5EQLYDPJ5WXAODHRL2XRKQJPXYYO3R |access-date=25 July 2024 |website=Archivportal-D |language=de}}</ref>