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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/AdConsistent7476 on 2023-10-18 01:14:17+00:00.

When I have read about the SA it always says the SS replaced them in most areas and then they are never mentioned again, but I’ve also seen that they still existed in 1945 so what happened to them after the NSDAP took power? Did they act as a support of the SS or were they simply a leftover from before hitler took power that wasn’t worth dealing with?