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Brown Shirt

British  

noun

  1. (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper

  2. a member of any fascist party or group

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With the Reichstag about to convene this week, Fascist Hitler, fresh from his conference with President von Hindenburg. set out by motor for a monster Brown Shirt rally at Bad Harzburg.

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When Von Galen preached in M�nster Cathedral against Nazi doctrines on the family and education, a Brown Shirt cried out that no celibate should talk about such matters.

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