Kurt Daluege
Stennes joined the Nazi Party in 1927. He took over the leadership of the "Sturmabteilung" (SA, stormtroopers, or "brownshirts") in the Berlin Gau (region), replacing Kurt Daluege, and was appointed regional commander-in-chief of the SA in eastern Germany on 30 September 1927. He was "OSAF Stellvertreter Ost" (Deputy Supreme SA Leader East), seven regional deputies.