Edmund Heines (* July 21, 1897 in Munich; † June 30, 1934 in Munich) was one of Ernst Röhm's lovers in the 1920s.^{[citation needed]} Adolf Hitler was also reputed to be on close terms with Heines. Röhm and Heines' alleged love inspired many novels, one of them being The Pink Swastika, a novel about closet homosexuals within the Nazi regime. July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern). ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A photographic portrait of Ernst Röhm. ... Hitler redirects here. ...

Eyewitness sources claim that Edmund Heines was caught in bed with an unidentified 18 year old when he and Ernst Röhm were arrested. Both Heines and Röhm were executed without trial on the Night of Long Knives. The Night of the Long Knives (German, Nacht der langen Messer), also known as Reichsmordwoche or the Blood Purge, was a purge ordered by Adolf Hitler of potential political rivals (who have been said to want more socialism and less nationalism in the party) in the Sturmabteilung, or S.A...

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The merchandiser served in World War I as a volunteer and was retired in 1918 as a lieutenant. Combatants Allied Powers: France Italy Russia Serbia United Kingdom United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Luigi Cadorna Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Conrad von... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary, fire service or police officer rank. ...

In 1925 he joined the NSDAP and the SA (stormtroopers). In 1929 he was convicted of murder by a kangaroo court, but soon got amnesty. In the same year he was raised up as head of Nazi district for a short-term of the area Upper Palatinate. In 1930 he became a member of the Reichstag for the district of Liegnitz, 1931 until 1934 he was SA leader in Silesia and at the same time deputy of Ernst Röhm. In 1933 prussian privy council and in May of the same year he became head of police in Breslau. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... The seal of SA The (SA, German for Storm Division, usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organization of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... The Reichstag (German for Imperial Diet) was the parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation, and of Germany until 1945. ... Legnica (pronounce: [lεgniʦa], formerly Lignica, German Liegnitz) is a town in south-western Poland, with 108,000 inhabitants (1995). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Prussian Silesia, 1871, outlined in yellow; Silesia at the close of the Seven Years War in 1763, outlined in cyan (areas now in the Czech Republic were Austrian-ruled at that time) Silesia (Czech: ; German: ; Polish: ; Silesian: Åšlonsk / Åšlónsk) is a historical region in central Europe. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wrocław. ...