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Reichsführer-SS...Revived!

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Post by Emerson Begolly » 31 Mar 2003, 21:46

I need Information on the following Reichsfuhrers:

Joseph Berchtold

Erhard Heiden

I already have info on the followng people in anyone wants to know:

SS-Brigadeführer Julius Schreck
Born: 13/07/1898.
Died: 16/05/1936.
Party Number: 53
SS Number: 5.
Awards: Golden Party Badge; Blood Order No. 349; Coburg Badge 14 October 1932.

Born in Munich, he was an early member of the party and one of the first members of the SA. He was well liked and apparently on very good terms with Hitler. A founder of the Stosstrupp, he participated in the 1923 Putsch and was incarcerated in Landsberg. In 1925, with the reformation of the party, he founded the Schutzkommando, which was charged with Hitler's safety and subsequently became the embryonic SS. From this time he was constantl.y at Hitler's side and succeeded Emil Maurice as his personal chauffer. Hitler considered him to be the best driver imaginable. In 1936 he contracted meningitis and died. Hitler was deeply distressed and gave him the honour of a state funeral.


Reichsführer-SS und Chef der deutschen Polizei
Karl August Hanke

Born: 24. August 1903 in Lauban / Schlesien,
Attended Volksschule, then Gymnasium,
Graduated from Deutsche Müllerschule in Dippoldiswalde while obtaining practical experience as apprentice in a railway workshop and in the milling industry,
Attended Berufspädagogischen Institut, Berlin,
Reichswehr service as Zeitfreiwilliger in IR 19 “von Courbiere”, Occupational instructor (1928 - 1931),
Entered NSDAP (102 606) on 1 November 1928,
Zellenobmann of NSDAP in 1929,
SA service (1929-1931),
NSDAP Unterstassenzellenleiter,
NSDAP Strassenzellenleiter in 1930,
Bezirksführer of Bezirk Westend (1931),
Gauorganisationsleiter in Berlin (1931),
Gauredner and Betriebszellenredner (1931),
Leiter of the Private Secretariat and Adjutant to Gauleiter Dr. Goebbels (1932),
Member of the Prussian Landtag on 24 April 1932,
Member of the Reichstag (Wahlkreis 3 [Potsdam II]) (6 November 1932-May 1945),
Hauptamtsleiter in the Reichspropagandaleitung of the NSDAP (1932),
Personal advisor and secretary of Dr. Joseph Goebbels (March 1933),
Joined SS(203 103) on 15 February 1934,
SS-Sturmbannführer (1 July 1934),
Führer z.b.V. SS-Abschnitt XXIII (1 July 1934-23 January 1935),
Assigned to Staff of the RF-SS (23 January 1935-29 April 1945),
SS-Obersturmbannführer (20 April 1935),
SS-Standartenführer (15 September 1935),
SS-Oberführer (20 April 1937),
2. Vizepräsident of the Reichskulturkammer (January 1937), Ministerialdirektor in the Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (April 1937-February 1938),
Training with the Reichsheer (1 November 1937-1 December 1937), Member of the Lebensborn Society (1 December 1937),
Staatssekretär in the Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (February 1938),
Heer service, assigned as volunteer to Panzer-Lehr-Regiment,
Panzerschütze (June 1939),
Führer of Kompanie in Rommel’s 7.Panzer-Division during Western Campaign (July 1939-1940),
Oberleutnant d.R. (1940),
SS-Brigadeführer (30 January 1941),
SS-Gruppenführer (20 April 1941),
Hauptmann d.R. (30 January 1942),
Gauleiter and Oberpräsident of Niederschlesien(February 1941-8 May 1945),
Reichsverteidigungskommissar of Gau Niederschlesien (16 November 1942-8 May 1945),
SS-Obergruppenführer (30 January 1944),
Reichsführer-SS und Chef der deutschen Polizei (29 April 1945-8 May 1945),
Killed 8 June 1945, in vicinity of Neudorf in Sudetenland, by Czech partisans.

- Deutsche Olympia Ehrenzeichen 1. kl,
- Goldenes Parteiabzeichen,
- Deutsches Reiterabzeichen in Silber (1938),
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13 März 1938,
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1 Oktober 1938,
- Spange «Prager Burg»,
- EK-II (1940),
- EK-I (1940),
- Verwundeten Abzeichen in Schwarz,
- Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber (1940),
- Goldenes HJ Ehrenzeichen mit Eichenlaub (30 August 1941),
- Dienstauszeichnung d. NSDAP in Silber,
- Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen 25 jahr.
- KVK-II ohne Schwertern,
- KVK-I ohne Schwertern,
- Das Goldene Kreuz des Deutschen Ordens mit Schwertern (12 April 1945), as Gauleiter of Niederschlesien (for the defense of Festung Breslau),

Notes:
* Son of the locomotive engineer Robert Hanke. One brother (killed in action).
* Religion: Protestant.
* Foreign language proficiency: French.
* Upon leasing a villa in Berlin-Grunewald for his headquarters in July 1932, Hanke commissioned the young architect Albert Speer to refurbish it. The two became friends, and Speer owed much of his success in the Third Reich to his connection with Hanke.
* Involved in an affair with Magda Goebbels, wife of his superior, the Reichsminister for Propaganda.
* Married on 25 November 1944 to Freda Freiin von Fircks (daughter of a wealthy landowner), who bore Hanke one daughter in December 1943 (Freiin von Fircks later remarried and took the name Rössler).
* While serving as commander of a Panzer IV during the campaign in France, Hanke single-handedly engaged and drove off a French tank column that had attacked the rear of 7.Panzer-Division. Rommel recommended Hanke for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, sending the citation directly to Hitler's headquarters. Shortly thereafter, however, Hanke offended Rommel by mentioning that as a State Secretary of the Propaganda Ministry, he technically outranked a "mere" Generalmajor. In response, Rommel sent an adjutant to intercept and quash the citation, an act of spite which caused great resentment among his troops.


Thanks,
Em.

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Berchtold

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Post by Andreas Schulz » 04 Apr 2003, 17:46

Berchtold, Joseph geb. Ingolstadt 06.03.1897, gest. Herrsching 23.08.1962. Sohn des Konservators Joseph Berchtold (geb. Dorffen 14.02.1863, gest. München 29.04.1935; Lehrerausbildung; 1920 Mitglied der NSDAP; 09.11.1923 Teilnahme am Hitler-Putsch); 00.00.1903 - 00.00.1915 Volksschule und Realgymnasium in München, Frühjahr 1915 - Ende 1918 Kriegseinsatz (Westfront), zuletzt Leutnant d. R.; Studium der Volkswirtschaft an der Universität München, danach Journalist. 00.02.1920 Eintritt in die NSDAP (Mitgliedsnr. 750), 00.06.1920 - 29.07.1921 Mitglied des Arbeitsausschusses der NSDAP, 00.06.1920 - 20.01.1921 2. Kassierer der NSDAP, 21.01.1921 - 29.07.1921 1. Kassierer der NSDAP, 29.07.1921 Austritt aus der NSDAP, 00.00.1921 Mitbegründer der ”Freien Nationalsozialistischen Vereinigung München”, 07.03.1922 Wiedereintritt in die NSDAP und SA, danach erneut 2. Kassierer der NSDAP, 00.00.1922 - 00.001.1923 Führer verschiedener SA-Hundertschaften in München; 00.00.1923 Inhaber eines Zigarren- und Schreibwarengeschäftes in München; 00.08.1923 - 00.11.1923 Führer des ”Stoßtrupp Hitler” (spätere SS); 08./09.11.1923 Teilnehmer am Hitler-Putsch in München, danach nach Tirol geflohen; 00.00.1924 - 00.04.1926 Gaugeschäftsführer und Führer der SA im Gau Kärnten, 23.04.1924 wegen der Putsch-Teilnahme in München in Abwesenheit verurteilt; 00.00.1925 Wiedereintritt in die NSDAP (Mitgliedsnr. 964), 00.04.1926 Rückkehr aus dem österreichischen Exil. 15.04.1926 - 31.10.1926 Oberleiter (Führer) der SS, 15.04.1926 - 00.03.1927 Führer der Münchener SA, 09.06.1926 (a. A.: 01.11.1926) - 01.03.1927 Reichsführer-SS, 01.01.1927 - 00.01.1933 Schriftleiter beim ”Völkischen Beobachter”, 00.00.1928 SA-Führer im Stab der Obersten SA-Führung, 00.00.1928 - 00.01.1938 Hauptschriftleiter der Zeitung ”SA-Mann”, 00.00.1928 - 00.00.1931 Ib im Nachrichtenstab der Obersten SA-Führung, 18.12.1931 Verleihung des Ranges eines SA-Standartenführers unter Stellung zur Verfügung der SA, 01.07.1932 - 26.01.1934 zugeteilt dem Stabe der Obersten SA-Führung, 01.01.1933 SA-Oberführer, 00.01.1933 - 00.02.1943 Chef vom Dienst beim ”Völkischen Beobachter” (München); 09.11.1933 Blutorden der NSDAP (Nr. 9); 27.01.1934 versetzt in den Stab des Obersten SA-Führers als SA-Führer z.b.V., 00.03.1934 - 01.10.1935 Stadtrat in München, 09.11.1934 SA-Brigadeführer, 01.10.1935 Ratsherr der Stadt München, 15.11.1935 - 08.05.1945 Reichskultursenator, 06.03.1936 Mitglied des Kulturkreises der SA (mit Wirkung vom 19.02.1936), 29.03.1936 - 08.05.1945 Mitglied des Reichstages (Wahlkreis 32, Baden), 01.05.1937 SA-Gruppenführer, 00.01.1938 - 00.02.1943 Stellvertretender Hauptschriftleiter der Zeitung ”Völkischer Beobachter” (Münchener und Süddeutsche Ausgabe); 29.04.1940 als Hauptmann d. R. zum Wehrdienst einberufen; 30.01.1942 SA-Obergruppenführer; Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP. Nach 1945 in Oberpfaffenhofen wohnhaft. Werke: ”Adolf Hitler über Deutschland”

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Post by Emerson Begolly » 04 Apr 2003, 20:57

Thisn helps a little bit. I'm not to good at reading German.

Em.

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Post by von Putzbrunn » 30 Jun 2007, 18:23

Hello!
Sorry I dont have any info on them right now but I`ll post it as soon as I get it!
Funny you should mention Berchtold and Heiden cause those two exakt gentlemen is exactly why I logged in just now!
I am looking for pictures of the two in question. If anyone out there happen to have any, please post them.

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Post by von Putzbrunn » 30 Jun 2007, 18:27

Actually, I have this on Heiden. Hope it helps...

Erhard Heiden (b. Weiler, February 23, 1901 – September 1933) was an early member of the Nazi Party and the third commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS). Heiden was a Nazi stormtrooper who, in 1925, joined a small stormtrooper bodyguard unit known as the Schutzstaffel. Heiden was an early advocate of separating the SS from its master organization, the Sturmabteilung (SA), and in March 1927 he was appointed Reichsführer-SS in an attempt to keep the SS from being disbanded under SA desires.

Under Heiden’s leadership the SS declined in membership from 1000 to 280, with SA desires made public that the SS should be disbanded. As Heiden attempted to keep the tiny group from going under, he hired a young chicken farmer, named Heinrich Himmler, to serve as his deputy. Heiden regarded Himmler as a "keen young clerk" but did not see him as leadership material. Nevertheless, in 1929 Heiden stepped down as commander of the SS and allowed Himmler to succeed him. He faded into obscurity as the SS grew to unprecedented levels and Heinrich Himmler became one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany.

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