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Line 2: ==Life and career== Roßbach was born in [[Krzywin, Gryfino County\|Kehrberg]], [[Pomerania]]. During the [[Freikorps in the Baltic\|Baltic fighting of 1919]], his ''{{ill\|Freikorps'' Roßbach\|de\|Sturmabteilung Roßbach}} made an extremely long march from Berlin across Eastern Europe to rescue the Iron Division (another ''Freikorps'') from destruction by the Latvian Army.<ref>Waite, p. 131</ref> It went on to participate in the [[Kapp Putsch]] in 1920, get banned, and then reformed under numerous changing front organizations, each of which in turn was banned.<ref name=Friedrich>Friedrich, pp.52-56</ref> Money came from the [[Landbund]], heavy industry, and arms dealing. In the early 1920s, he was arrested for trying to overthrow the government.<ref>Waite, pp. 191-196</ref> Roßbach helped start the ''Schilljugend'', a youth organization, to get rid of "intellectual elements" in the youth movements and instill children with "nationalistic, socialistic, authoritative, and militaristic" ideas. He took a special interest in developing its membership.<ref>Waite, p. 210</ref> Roßbach organised music festivals which combined folk and classical music to instil national pride and construct radical-nationalist community values.<ref>Applegate and Potter, p. 136</ref>

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