Sturmabteilung also called stormtoopers and Brownshirts carrying Swastika Flags in 1934 as they parade through Konigsberg in Germany. Konigsberg became Russian territory after the second world war and was renamed Kaliningrad.
Embargoed to 0001 Friday December 29 File photo dated 17/08/82 of former Irish Taoiseach Charles Haughey, as newly declassified state papers reveal that Haughey was warned by loyalist paramilitaries that MI5 had ordered his assassination.
Eqrem Hoti walks along the railroad tracks that run through the village of Krushe e Mahde in Kosovo, where more than fifty men were massacred by Serb paramilitaries in 1999.
St Marys College, Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. 10th February 2019. Katherine Finucane (Daughter of murdered Human Rights lawyer Pat Finucan) Addressing a large crowd at “A Community Reflects' on the murder of Pat Finucane. The Family are still waiting for a Full Public enquiry in to the Solicitors Murder. Credit: Bonzo/Alamy Live News
A bullet riddled truck at which Azeri paramilitaries shot during the Armenian Azeri armed conflict
A UFF (Ulster Freedom Fighters) flute band march to celebrate victory at the Battle of the Boyne. Belfast
On October 8, 1936 former Freikorps fighters in Berlin were awarded honorary degrees by the German Reichskriegerbund (Kyffhaeuserbund). Here a certificate from April 23 signed by the Bundesfuehrer, the SS-Oberfuehrer and Oberst retired Wilhelm Reinhard, for the merits of Captain Alfred Weser, who fought in the Freikorps 'Maercker' and 'Ehrhardt'.
1961 New York Herald Tribune front page reporting the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by CIA-sponsored paramilitaries
In August 1919 the so-called Black Reichswehr, an association of several Freikorps units, defeated the first Polish uprising in Upper Silesia. Here Freikorp units fight around the station in Myslowitz.
Members of the Alliance of Red Front Fighters (RFB), the paramilitary branch of the KPD, gather on Pentecost Sunday on the occasion of the Red Front Fighters Day in the Berlin Lustgarten. In front of the Cathedral is a banner with the inscription 'Comrades of the Red Front enter the Communist Party'.
Hermann Goering speaks to the officials of the Secret State Police (Gestapo) on the occasion of the appointment of Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler (right) as head of the Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police) in May 1934th
The New York Ortsgruppe (local branch) of the Stahlhelm organized a memorial service for the fallen soldiers of the First World War in the Protestant Lutherkirche (Luther Church) on Heldengedenktag (memorial day). Here, the arrival of the New York Stahlhelm flag at the church.
Bundesfuehrer (federal leader) Franz Seldte is giving a speech during the deployment of the Ostmark group of the Alliance of Red Front-Fighters (Stahlhelm) at Schuetzenhausplatz in Frankfurt (Oder).
To celebrate the 16th anniversary of the Stahlhelm, an hour of remembrance takes place at the Magdeburg Cathedral . On the far right, Bundesfuehrer (federal leader) Franz Seldte, to his left, Landesfuehrer Hubold, as well as the oldest members of the Stahlhelm.
Sturmabteilung also called stormtoopers and Brownshirts carrying Swastika Flags in 1934 as they parade through Konigsberg in Germany. Konigsberg became Russian territory after the second world war and was renamed Kaliningrad. Deutschland 1930s
File photo dated 17/08/82 of former Irish Taoiseach Charles Haughey, as newly declassified state papers reveal that Haughey was warned by loyalist paramilitaries that MI5 had ordered his assassination.
The Alliance of Red Front-Fighters (Stahlhelm) celebrates its 16th anniversary in its founding city Magdeburg. Here a partial overview of the service in Magdeburg Cathedral. On the left of the altar, Bundesfuehrer (state governor) Franz Seldte.
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The New Town Hall of Hanover is brightly lit during the Zapferstreich ('Grand Tattoo') of the Reich leadership meeting of the Stahlhelm.
Member of Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) marching through Sandy Row, Belfast
Sturmabteilung also called stormtoopers and Brownshirts carrying Swastika Flags in 1934 as they parade through Konigsberg in Germany. Konigsberg became Russian territory after the second world war and was renamed Kaliningrad. Deutschland 1930s
Remains of Belfast bus station
At the Reich leadership meeting of the Stahlhelm in the stadium of Hanover, Elhard von Morozowicz, Reichsfuehrer of the Wehrstahlhelm in the SA is holding a speech after the takeover on the tribune for members of the Stahlhelm under the age of 35 .
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The Bundesfuehrer (federal leader), Franz Seldte (in the front), as well as Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (in the background), meet at a Reich leadership meeting of the Stahlhelm at the Masch in Hanover.
On the occasion of the Reich leadership meeting of the Stahlhelm, a special train with participants from the Ostmarkt and Brandenburg arrives at the Hannover Hauptbahnhof. On the right, a woman carries a shield for the 'Bund Koenigin Luise' (Women's Organization of the Stahlhelm). On the right, there is a banner with the inscription 'Front heil!' to be seen.
Elhard von Morozowicz (middle), Reichsfuehrer (federal leader) of the Wehrstahlhelm in the SA, and to his left, SA-Obergruppenfuehrer (senior group leader), Friedrich Ritter von Krausser, arrive at the Reich leadership meeting of the Stahlhelm in the stadium of Hanover. On the right, Bundesfuehrer (federal governor), Franz von Seldte.
Adolf Hitler is holding a speech at the Reich Conference of the Stahlhelm in the City Hall of Hanover. On the left, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince and Franz von Papen, on the right, Franz Seldte. Beside, Theodor Duesterberg.
In the crowded hall of the Reich Ministry of Labor, Minister of Labour and leader of the Stahlhelm, Franz Seldte, is holding a speech.
View of the hall during a speech of Bundesfuehrer (state governor) Franz Seldte (right), on a Reich foundation ceremony organized by Gau 3 of the Stahlhelm in the Tennishalle in Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Under the logo of the Stahlhelm, there is the inscription: 'It shall all be Germany', a quotation from the song 'Des Deutschen Vaterland' by Ernst Moritz Arndt.
The leader of the National Socialist Alliance of Red Front-Fighters (Stahlhelm), Franz Seldte, holds an inauguration speech in Frankfurt (Oder) in front of members of the Landesgruppe Ostmark on the newly built 'Morozowicz-Gedenkhalle' ('Morozowicz Memorial Hall') in memory of the deceased leader of the Stahlhelm in Brandenburg, Elhard von Morozowicz . Under the drawing is the slogan: 'Germany's fate rests on the shoulders of its defensive youth!'
Franz Seldte (2nd from left) and the state leader of the Ostmark, Meyer (far left), take the salute of the flagbearers on Schuetzenhausplatz in Frankfurt (Oder), during a deployment of the Ostmark group of the Alliance of Red Front-Fighters (Stahlhelm).
Photo of Bundesfuehrer (federal leader) of the Stahlhelm, Franz von Seldte, at the lectern during the national anthem at the roll call of the regional group Ostmark on Schuetzenhausplatz in Frankfurt (Oder).
View of the formations of the Gau Dortmund, as well as the national associations of Westphalia, North Sea and Niederrhein of the Stahlhelm on the occasion of the removal of the black ribbon from the Stahlhelm flags that occured due to the reintroduction of the general military service. In the background on the left, the St. Reinold's Church.
Bundesfuehrer (federal leader) Franz von Seldte is holding a speech at the Reich leadership meeting of the Alliance of Red Front-Fighters (Stahlhelm) in the city hall of Magdeburg. Behind him, flags, standards, and at the table (in the middle from left) co-founder and lawyer Rudolf Schaper, Federal Chancellor Theodor Gruss, Chancellor Johannes Bock, Bundespressechef Wilhelm Kleinau and co-founder and lawyer Gustav Buenger.
The federal leadership of the Stahlhelm on their way to a service in Magdeburg Cathedral during the Reich leadership meeting of the Stahlhelm. In the middle, federal leader Franz Seldte, on his left, Federal Chancellor Johannes Bock, to Seldte's right, lawyer and co-founder of the Stahlhelm, Gustav Buenger .On the far left, of the Landesfuehrer (state governor) Huhold, behind Seldte, one of his brothers.
The National Association Berlin-Brandenburg of the Stahlhelm marches to a civic center, presumably during the Reich leadership meeting in Magdeburg.
On the occasion of the 16th anniversary of the Stahlhelm, leader Franz Seldte (center, standing) speaks to the press at the 'Magdeburger Hof' hotel. On the left beside him, the leader Hubold, to his right, chief press officer of the Stahlhelm, Hans von Wick.
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (right) at a meeting of the Stahlhelm in Frankfurt (Oder).
On the 9th and 10th of September, the Stahlhelm organized a celebration in Hanover, the birthplace of the depicted Prussian army reformer, Gerhard von Scharnhorst. In front of Scharnhorst, a steel helmet and the coat of arms of Lower Saxony. The poster was designed by Professor Ludwig Hohlwein from Munich.
At the leaders' meeting of the Stahlhelm in Hanover, the delegations are marching past the Stabchef (Chief of Staff) of the SA, Ernst Rohm (right). In the background, the New Town Hall of Hanover. On the left, a music band.
A torchlight procession is held in front of the Town Hall in Friedrichstrasse (today Friedrichswall) during the Reich leadership meeting of the Stahlhelm in Hanover.
The leaders of the Stahlhelm, who have gathered for a meeting at the Masch in Hanover, are greeting the marching flagbearers .3rd from the right, on the VIP stand in front of a standard, Bundesfuehrer (federal leader) Franz Seldte.
At a Reichsfuehrer roll call of the Stahlhelm at the Maschsee in Hanover, the participants greet the marching flagbearers. On the right on the pedestal, Franz Seldte.
On the occasion of the Reich leadership meeting of the Stahlhelm, a special train with participants from the Ostmarkt and Brandenburg arrives at the Hannover Hauptbahnhof. On the right, a woman carries a sign for the 'Bund Koenigin Luise' (Women's Organization of the Stahlhelm). On the right, there is a banner with the inscription 'Front heil!'.
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (center) stands in front of the field standard, which he endowed to the Jungstahlhelm (Young Stahlhelm) Regiment 'Kronprinz von Preussen' ('Crown Prince of Prussia'), during a march of the Stahlhelm in Wittenberg (Prignitz). On the right, a company of the Jungstahlhelm in field equipment.
'Neue Welt' ('New World) in Berlin: Major Franz von Stephani recites the form of oath about the commitment of new candidates to the Stahlhelm.
At the house in 154 Bergstrasse (today Karl Marx Strasse) in Berlin-Neukoelln, where the Kreisverein and Ortsgruppe (local branch) Neukoelln of the German National People's Party was housed, an election poster of the Berlin municipal council was put up on March 12, 1933 with the inscription 'Der Bonzenstall (stable) is cleared, vote for List 5 '. A broom sweeps the Iron Front out of the townhall of Neukoelln.
The Reichsfuehrer of the Stahlhelm, Franz Seldte (right), is talking to Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, dressed in the uniform of the Totenkopfhusare (Prussian regiment with a skull symbol on their fur caps).
View of a group of volunteers of the Stahlhelm on a personnel carrier of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German National Railway) with a sleeping car and kitchen, which is parked at the Berlin goods station Koepenick. On the right, the former imperial war flag of the German Empire.
At the board meeting of the German National People's Party in the Reichstag, a division of the Kampfring junger Deutschnationaler marched to the 5th portal of the Reichstag in honor of Adolf Hitler. On the left, the leadership of the DNVP. In the center chairman of the party, Alfred Hugenberg.
View of the city hall of Hanover during the speech of the first leader of the Stahlhelm, Franz Seldte, at the leaders' meeting.
Major Franz von Stephani (state governor of Berlin) is watching the parade of the Stahlhelm Gau Potsdam at the Schlossbruecke in the Berlin Lustgarten. In the column 2nd from left, Prince Eitel Friedrich and 3rd from left, Oskar of Prussia.
Rally of the Stahlhelm in a stadium. On the right, a standard and a music band.
At the muster of the Stahlhelm at the Maschsee in Hanover. 2nd from left to right, Prince Oskar of Prussia, 4th from left, Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia.
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince is inspecting the line of the Hitler Youth and is talking to a boy during a deployment of the Stahlhelm in Wittenberg, to which Stahlhelm soldiers from Prignitz, Mark Brandenburg, Mecklenburg and Hanover have come.
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