Walter Stennes

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Walter Stennes
Regional commander in Eastern Germany
In office 30 September 1927 – April 1931
Supreme SA Leader	Franz 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
Died	19 May 1983(1983-05-19) (aged 88) Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political party	German Social Party [de]
Other political affiliations	Nazi Party (1927–1931)
Spouse	Hildegard Margarete Elisabeth Borkenhagen ​ ​ (m. 1930)​
Alma mater	Schloss Bensberg
Occupation	Officer
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire
Branch/service	Imperial German Army
Rank	Leutnant
Unit	3rd Westphalian Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I Western Front
Awards	Iron 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.