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As it suffers blow after blow on the Western, Eastern, and home front and Hitler becomes more withdrawn Nazi Germany focuses its time and resources on expensive propaganda productions.
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Goebbel's Propaganda Machine Goes Into Top Gear As Nazi Germany Suffers Blow After Blow
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Hitler is wary of the influence of the Brownshirts particularly after he becomes Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and fears that the armed and semi-mutinous gangs will destabilize his rule.
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The SA and the Night of the Long Knives
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Horst Wessel was an early leader within the Nazi stormtroopers (SA) who clashed regularly with leftist groups such as Communists. Although murdered by a known leftist it seems that the reason for his assassination was more personal than political.
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Nazi "Saint" Horst Wessel is Shot in the Head
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