Joseph Berchtold
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Joseph Berchtold a former stationery salesman, succeeded Julius Schreck
as Reichsführer SS in 1926. He was the last surviving person to hold that position and the only one to survive World War II
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Berchtold served in the First World War and held the rank of second lieutenant at the end of the war. In 1920 he joined the NSDAP.
He was considered to be more dynamic than his predecessor, but was still unable to keep the Party organizers at bay. After much in-fighting he resigned in 1927 and was replaced by his deputy Erhard Heiden
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Julius Schreck
Julius Schreck was an early Nazi Party member and also the first commander of the Schutzstaffel .-Biography:...
as Reichsführer SS in 1926. He was the last surviving person to hold that position and the only one to survive World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Berchtold served in the First World War and held the rank of second lieutenant at the end of the war. In 1920 he joined the NSDAP.
He was considered to be more dynamic than his predecessor, but was still unable to keep the Party organizers at bay. After much in-fighting he resigned in 1927 and was replaced by his deputy Erhard Heiden
Erhard Heiden
Erhard Heiden was an early member of the Nazi Party and the third commander of the Schutzstaffel . Heiden was a Nazi stormtrooper who, in 1925, joined a small stormtrooper bodyguard unit known as the Schutzstaffel...
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