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* Ernst Röhm, co-founder of the Nazi SA (Hitler's private guard in the early years), was gay. As fascist movements are generally homophobic, he, along with other early members of the party, were killed in an intra-party purge called the "Night of the Long Knives", which consolidated Hitler's power by eliminating most of the people who could challenge his power (or were now an embarrassment). There are [[wikipedia:The Pink Swastika|conspiracy theories]] that the Nazis were somehow a gay organization, but they don't really hold water.

** Although prior to The Night of Long Knives, Hitler and the Nazi Party had not adopted an aggressive stance towards homosexuality, and for some early anti-Nazis, e.g. among Catholics and the military, the Nazis' pre-1935 "acceptance" of homosexuals and in particular Röhm's prominent and high position in the party hierarchy were important or at least contributory reasons why they opposed Nazism. And for many in the military who started out distrusting Hitler, the Night of the Long Knives proved that he was okay after all. This included Stauffenberg, who eventually changed his mind again and in 1944 would attempt to blow Hitler up.

* It could be said Hitler himself was also a Boomerang Bigot, because he did not fit his own definition of the "Aryan race" he deemed superior to all other men—and to this day recent DNA results say that he had some "Non-Aryan" ancestry (though others insist it's opposition propaganda). It has also been seriously suggested that he may have been in a relationship with Albert Speer, his chief architect.

** It could be said Hitler himself was also a Boomerang Bigot, because he did not fit his own definition of the "Aryan race" he deemed superior to all other men—and to this day recent DNA results say that he had some "Non-Aryan" ancestry (though others insist it's opposition propaganda). It has also been seriously suggested that he may have been in a relationship with Albert Speer, his chief architect.

** Heinrich Himmler did not meet the SS entry requirements for "racial hygiene" and physical fitness. He also talked of how the SS must "harden their hearts" and grin and bear the moral and mental consequences of murdering millions, but the only time he ever watched an ''Einsatzgruppe'' in action, he was so appalled by the sight of blood that he became hysterical.

** Heck, Joseph Goebbels isn't spared from the worse either, as despite the Propaganda Minister's biting rhetoric and zealous oratory against those whom the Nazi Party views as "sub-human" like Jews, Romani, blacks and people with disabilities, Goebbels ''himself'' was a ''sub-human'' based on Nazi standards on eugenics and genetic/racial purity. He developed osteomyelitis since childhood, and as such had a clubfoot and was 5'4", far below the party's expectations. Had the Nazis exercised those rules scrupulously Goebbels would've been thrown into a concentration camp and executed as well, if not for being useful to the Nazi cause through his propaganda skills.