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Erhard Heiden (b. Weiler, February 23, 1901 – September 1933) was an early member of the Nazi Party and the third commander of the Schutzstaffel
Schutzstaffel

The , abbreviated SS- or - was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The SS grew from a small paramilitary unit to a powerful force that served as the F?hrer's "Praetorian Guard," the Nazi Party's "Shield Squadron" and a force that, fielding almost a million men, managed to exert as much political influence as th...
 (SS). Heiden was a Nazi stormtrooper who, in 1925, joined a small stormtrooper bodyguard unit known as the Schutzstaffel. Heiden was an early advocate of separating the SS from its master organization, the Sturmabteilung
Sturmabteilung

The , abbreviated SA, , functioned as a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party the Germany Nazism. They played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s....
 (SA), and in March 1927 he was appointed Reichsführer-SS
Reichsführer-SS

was a special SS rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945. Reichsf?hrer-SS was a title from 1925 to 1933 and, after 1934, became the highest rank of the German Schutzstaffel ....
 in an attempt to keep the SS from being disbanded under SA desires.

Under Heiden’s leadership the SS declined in membership from 1000 to 280, with SA desires made public that the SS should be disbanded.






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Erhard Heiden (b. Weiler, February 23, 1901 – September 1933) was an early member of the Nazi Party and the third commander of the Schutzstaffel
Schutzstaffel

The , abbreviated SS- or - was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The SS grew from a small paramilitary unit to a powerful force that served as the F?hrer's "Praetorian Guard," the Nazi Party's "Shield Squadron" and a force that, fielding almost a million men, managed to exert as much political influence as th...
 (SS). Heiden was a Nazi stormtrooper who, in 1925, joined a small stormtrooper bodyguard unit known as the Schutzstaffel. Heiden was an early advocate of separating the SS from its master organization, the Sturmabteilung
Sturmabteilung

The , abbreviated SA, , functioned as a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party the Germany Nazism. They played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s....
 (SA), and in March 1927 he was appointed Reichsführer-SS
Reichsführer-SS

was a special SS rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945. Reichsf?hrer-SS was a title from 1925 to 1933 and, after 1934, became the highest rank of the German Schutzstaffel ....
 in an attempt to keep the SS from being disbanded under SA desires.

Under Heiden’s leadership the SS declined in membership from 1000 to 280, with SA desires made public that the SS should be disbanded. As Heiden attempted to keep the tiny group from going under, he hired Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was a Nazi Germany German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel. He was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany, competing with Hermann G?ring, Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels....
 to serve as his deputy. Heiden regarded Himmler as a "keen young clerk" but did not see him as leadership material. Heiden fell into disgrace after allegations surfaced that parts of his uniform were customized by a Jewish tailor. On January 5, 1929 he was dismissed by Adolf Hitler and succeeded by Heinrich Himmler as Reichsführer-SS
Reichsführer-SS

was a special SS rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945. Reichsf?hrer-SS was a title from 1925 to 1933 and, after 1934, became the highest rank of the German Schutzstaffel ....
.

In April 1933 Erhard Heiden was arrested by orders of Heinrich Himmler by members of the SS-Sicherheitsdienst
Sicherheitsdienst

The Sicherheitsdienst was primarily the intelligence service of the Schutzstaffel and the NSDAP. The organization was the first Nazi Party intelligence organization to be established and was often considered a "sister organization" with the Gestapo, which the SS had infiltrated heavily after 1934....
 (SD, Security Service). He was killed shortly after, assumedly at SD Headquarters in Munich. His corpse was only found in September 1933 and he was buried on September 15, 1933.