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Ernst Röhm, the highest-ranking Gay Nazi

4 mins | Mar 11, 2018

Ernst Röhm’s homosexuality was no secret. Hyper-masculine and head of the Brownshirts, he was one of Hitler’s most important right-hand-men. Matthew Wills, writing in JSTOR Daily, uncovers the story of the most powerful gay Nazi.

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