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leadership in the area around Halle and Merseburg was largely unorganized. The Ortsgruppe (local group) in the city of Halle, under its chairman Großclaus, reported directly to the central Party leadership in Munich. Walter Ernst was able to persuade other, smaller Party groups in the region to coalesce around him. With the support of the Sturmabteilung (SA) leader in Halle, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff,

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