The new note of physical violence in the Nazi campaign reflected not least the rapid growth of the Party’s paramilitary wing, founded early in 1920 as a ‘hall protection’ group, soon renamed the ‘Gymnastics and Sports Section’. With their brown shirts and breeches, jackboots and caps – a uniform that only found its final form in 192447 – its members soon became a familiar sight on Munich’s streets, beating up their opponents on the streets and attacking anyone they thought looked like a Jew.
