Sturmabteilung is the original Nazi Party militia (SA), historically tied to violent political intimidation in the 1920s–1940s. It’s a German compound noun used in historical and academic contexts, pronounced with German phonology and stress on the fourth syllable of the word when parsed as Sturm-ab-tei-lung. The term is formal in historical writing, and modern usage is restricted to scholarly discussion of the period or commemorative material.
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