Walter Stennes

Walter Stennes
Regional commander in Eastern Germany
In office
30 September 1927 – April 1931
Supreme SA LeaderFranz Pfeffer von Salomon
Adolf Hitler
Personal details
Born
Walter Franz Maria Stennes

(1895-04-12)12 April 1895
Bad Wünnenberg, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died19 May 1983(1983-05-19) (aged 88)
Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political partyGerman Social Party [de]
Other political
affiliations
Nazi Party (1927–1931)
Spouse
Hildegard Margarete Elisabeth Borkenhagen
(m. 1930)
Alma materSchloss Bensberg
OccupationOfficer
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
Branch/serviceImperial German Army
RankLeutnant
Unit3rd Westphalian Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars
AwardsIron Cross First Class
Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern

Walter Franz Maria Stennes (12 April 1895 – 19 May 1983) was a leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA, stormtroopers, or "brownshirts") of the Nazi Party in Berlin and the surrounding area. In August 1930 he led a revolt against Adolf Hitler, the leader of the party, and Hitler's appointed regional head of the party in the Berlin area, Joseph Goebbels. The dispute was over Hitler's policies and practices in the use of the SA, and the underlying purpose of the paramilitary organization. Hitler quelled the revolt peacefully, but after a second rebellion in March–April 1931, the SA was purged and Stennes was expelled from the party.