“the SA was “commissioned to obtain an increase of and preservation of a warlike power and a warlike spirit as the expression of an aggressive attitude”. (2168-PS)
In 1937, Hitler renewed the so-called sports program and then declared the program to be a means “for the fostering of a military spirit” among the German people. (3050-A-E-PS)
The Organization Book of the Party is to the same effect. The function of the SA is characterized as follows:
“While the political organization of the NSDAP has carried out the political leadership, the SA is the training and education instrument of the Party for the realization of the world-philosophical soldier-like attitude.
“Consequently, the young German in the SA is being inculcated in the first instance from the standpoint of world philosophy and character, and trained as the bearer of National Socialist armed will.” (3220-PS)
The contents of a number of articles designed to serve as war propaganda material may be gained from their titles, which are very graphic. A number of articles relate to the Nazi Lebensraum philosophy:
Article entitled: “The German Living Space,” 5 January, 1935, p. 13.
Article entitled: “Folk and Space—A Geopolitical View,” 27 April, 1935, p. 13.
Article entitled: “The Enlargement of our Living Space,” 25 April, 1936, p. 10.
Article entitled: “Our Right, Our Colonies,” 10 October, 1936, p. 15.