About Joseph Berchtold
Joseph Berchtold (6 March 1897 – 23 August 1962) was a German Nazi official and journalist who was the 2nd Reichsführer-SS from 1926 to 1927. An early senior Nazi Party member, he was a co-founder of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS). Berchtold served in World War I and upon Germany's defeat joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), a small extremist organization at the time. He remained in the party after it became known as the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party; NSDAP) and went on to become the second commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS) from April 1926 to March 1927. After resigning as the SS leader, Berchtold spent much of his time writing for Nazi magazines and journals. He survived the war, but was arrested by the Allies. Berchtold was later released and died in 1962. He was only person who held the rank of Reichsführer-SS to survive the Second World War. Berchtold became the treasurer of the Nazi Party, until he resigned at the end of July 1921. Upon re-joining the party in 1922, Berchtold became a member of the Sturmabteilung ('Storm Detachment'; SA), a paramilitary wing formed to protect its speakers at rallies, and to police Nazi meetings.
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