Stennes revolt

The Stennes revolt (German: Stennes-Putsch) was a revolt within the Nazi Party by the Sturmabteilung (SA) in 1930 and 1931. Members of the SA led by Berlin chief Walter Stennes, dissatisfied with the role and restrictions placed on them by Adolf Hitler, began to rebel against the Nazi Party leadership. Stennes issued a number of demands regarding the status of the SA and Nazi Party policy which were rejected by Hitler. Stennes ransacked the offices of the Berlin Gau twice as a show of force, which led to him and his supporters being expelled from the SA and the Nazi Party. The Stennes revolt led to a temporary resumption of control of the SA by the Nazi Party leadership, and Hitler's appointment of Ernst Röhm as SA Chief. Many of the issues within the SA that provoked the revolt were not resolved and contributed to the Night of the Long Knives in 1934. The revolt was one of the first major actions of the Schutzstaffel which earned them the confidence of Hitler. There is some evidence suggesting that Stennes was paid by the government of Chancellor Heinrich Brüning, with the intention of causing conflict within and destabilizing the Nazi movement.