What is Joseph Berchtold?
{{Orphan|date=May 2009}} [[File:Joseph Berchtold.jpg|thumb|Joseph Berchtold]] '''Joseph Berchtold''' (March 6, 1897 in [[Ingolstadt]] – August 23, 1962 in [[Herrsching am Ammersee]]), a former salesman who sold office products, became [[Reichsführer SS]] after [[Julius Schreck]] in 1926. Berchtold was in the [[World War I]] and had the rank of second [[lieutenant]] at the end of the war. In 1920 he joined the [[NSDAP]] and in 1922 also the [[Sturmabteilung|SA]]. He was thought to be better than Julius Schreck, but was still not able to keep the people who started the party under control. After a lot of arguing he resigned in 1927 and was replaced by his [[wikt:deputy|deputy]], [[Erhard Heiden]]. During [[Nazi Germany]] he was a councillor of [[Munich]] from 1934 to 1945, and a member of the [[Reichstag (institution)|Reichstag]] from 1936 to 1945. {{start box}} {{succession box | before = [[Julius Schreck]]| title = [[Reichsführer SS|Reich Leader of the SS]]|years=1926–1927| after = [[Erhard Heiden]]}} {{end box}} {{history-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Berchtold, Joseph}} [[Category:1897 births]] [[Category:1962 deaths]] [[Category:German military personnel of World War I]] [[Category:Members of the Reichstag (Nazi Germany)]] [[Category:Nazi leaders]] [[Category:People from Bavaria]] [[Category:Politicians of the Nazi Party]] [[Category:Sturmabteilung people]] [[Category:SS officers]]