1. Joseph Berchtold was a German Nazi official and journalist who was the 2nd Reichsfuhrer-SS from 1926 to 1927.
22 Facts About Joseph Berchtold
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Joseph Berchtold remained in the party after it became known as the National Socialist German Workers' Party and went on to become the second commander of the from April 1926 to March 1927.
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Joseph Berchtold survived the war, but was arrested by the Allies.
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Joseph Berchtold was the last surviving person to hold the rank of and the only one to survive the Second World War.
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Joseph Berchtold went on to serve in the Royal Bavarian Army during World War I and held the rank of second lieutenant at the end of the war.
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Joseph Berchtold remained in the party after it became known as the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
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Joseph Berchtold became the treasurer of the Nazi Party, until he resigned at the end of July 1921.
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Joseph Berchtold was tried in absentia in Munich before the special People's Court in 1924 for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch and sentenced to a prison term.
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When Hitler was released from prison on 20 December 1924, Joseph Berchtold was District Director of the Nazi Party in Carinthia, Austria and was leader of the SA there.
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Joseph Berchtold became chief of the SA in Munich not long after.
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On 15 April 1926, Joseph Berchtold became the successor to Schreck as chief of the Schutzstaffel, a special elite branch of the party under the control of the SA.
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Joseph Berchtold changed the title of the office position which became known as the Reichsfuhrer-SS.
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Joseph Berchtold issued new rules to establish the position of the SS.
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Joseph Berchtold was considered to be more dynamic than his predecessor, but was still unable to keep the party organizers at bay.
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Joseph Berchtold was frustrated in his efforts to have a more independent unit and became disillusioned by the SA's authority over the SS.
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From 1928 to 1945, Joseph Berchtold was an SA leader, serving on the staff of the Supreme SA leadership.
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In 1928, Joseph Berchtold founded the newspaper SA-Mann, which was published by the OSAF.
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Joseph Berchtold was the author of various Nazi publications and on the staff of additional magazines.
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From March 1934 to the end of the war, Joseph Berchtold served on the town council in Munich.
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On 15 November 1935, Joseph Berchtold was appointed Reich Culture Senator.
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From 29 April 1940, Joseph Berchtold served as a captain of the reserve on a temporary basis in the Wehrmacht.
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Joseph Berchtold died on 23 August 1962, in Herrsching am Ammersee, near Munich.