Just like the
army which not only sustains itself in military leadership but at the same time
has the responsibility to educate, train and shape the whole nation according
to its military mission, it is the responsibility of a political party not only
to be the supporting organization of the political leadership but to
incessantly train and educate the nation according to its military opinion . As
a result the party has to integrate in the inner union of the organization, all
those fellow Germans who are called upon by fate to take a leading role.
VIKTOR LUTZE, 12 March 1939
The SA is the party’s instrument of education and
instruction in order to strengthen and secure the defense community of Germany.
After pre-military training of the Hitler Jugend it is the
duty of the SA to instruct all those men who did not join the the NSKK or the
NSFK. Primarily, the men must be educated in a military spirit. They should
develop physical strength and become representatives and fighters for the
National Socialist idea. Through systematic physical training the German man is
prepared to serve in the armed forces. Before he can join the armed forces it
is a man’s duty to acquire the SA military badge, founded by the Führer.
Of equal importance is the post-military training and
education of those SA members who have completed their active duty. In the SA
Military Association they keep their soul, mind and body ready and fit for
combat. SA members regardless of their background, profession or social
position, are welded together to a firmly united community of comradeship,
unselfish devotion and a spirit of sacrifice.
The individual is evaluated exclusively by his attitude
and performance. The Leadership Corps, constantly promotes through education
and training and guarantees that the tasks given to the SA by the Führer are
carried out. Moreover, this Leadership Corps is called upon to provide
qualified SA members to substitute for the Führer in political leadership.
SA members are volunteers. It was clear with the beginning
of the war when the major part of SA members, including 80% of the SA
Leadership Corps, enlisted for service in the armed forces. Since then,
numerous SA leaders and SA members were decorated with the Knight’s Cross and
the German Cross in Gold. The sacrifices of the SA show its readiness through
action. SA leaders and the last SA member fight in the front line together with
their comrades of the armed forces. Numerous Obergruppenführer and
Gruppenführer and a large number of SA leaders and members gave their utmost
for the future of our Reich.
When the war broke out compact SA units were engaged in
the fights for Danzig, Ost-Oberschlesien and Southern Poland, and they
performed great deeds. A major part of the SA Standarte Feldherrnhalle which is
under arms in times of peace, voluntarily formed a unit with the paratroopers.
The performance of these men who fought in the Netherlands, in Belgium and
Greece already went down in history. The rest of the Standarte Feldherrnhalle
formed an infantry battalion that proved its excellent worth in France, when
they broke through the Maginot Line, as well as in many crucial combats at
focal points in the East. In the traditional spirit of the SA these men will
continue their victorious fight under the name Infantry Regiment
Feldherrnhalle. In this way the SA once again, just like in the past fight over
the political power in Germany, proves its worth fighting in the first line on
all fronts. Here and everywhere, the men of the SA, political and armed
soldiers, are the Storm Troops of the Führer.
It is not the half-hearted and neutral who
go down in history, but those who take on the fight.
ADOLF HITLER
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