[ichabod1]

Well, it may be true that the NSDAP was a socialist style party, as well as being fascist, but my understanding was the point of the night of the long knives was to decapitate the homo-mafia that was controlling the SA, and undoubtedly trying to pressure Herr Hitler as well. Goebbels, I think it was, wrote a piece about the danger of the homosexual in the workplace — similar to having women in the workplace, they hire, select, and favor those like them so qualifications fall by the board and only the homos get ahead. So, I’m not convinced the NSDAP were a homosexual party.

[laplata]

So, I’m not convinced the NSDAP were a homosexual party.

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You are right. Socialist, yes, homo, not very much.

[jmacusa]

Accusations of homosexuality were a common smear tactic in Germany at that time. Whether Rohm was really gay is debatable. Rohm was a personal friend of Hitler and who strongly felt that Hitler owed him big time for fighting the Communists and eliminating Hitlers opponents, Rohm was a WW1 veteran, like Hitler and he felt the SA should be the bearer of German arms and there was no way the Army was going to let that happen. And the German people were tired of all the chaos and violence in their midst. Hitler had to get rid of Rohm. It was that simple.