Gottlob Berger

Gottlob Christian Berger was a senior German Nazi official who held the rank of SSObergruppenfhrer und General der WaffenSS , and was the chief of the SS Main Office responsible for Schutzstaffel recruiting during World War II. Berger served in the German Army during World War I, was wounded four times and also awarded the Iron Cross First Class. Immediately after the war he was a leader of the Einwohnerwehr militia in his native North Wrttemberg. He joined the Nazi Party in 1922, but lost interest in rightwing politics during the 1920s, training and working as a physical education teacher.

Berger was born onJuly 1896 at Gerstetten in the Kingdom of Wrttemberg, the son of sawmill owners Johannes and Christine , and was one of eight children. He attended Volksschule and Realschule and then teacher training in Nrtingen. He volunteered for military service at the beginning of World War I, and rose to the rank of Leutnant in the infantry by the time of his discharge in 1919. Wounded four times, he was awarded the Iron Cross First Class, and was considered 70 per cent disabled at the time of his discharge. During the war, all three of his brothers died, two killed in action and the other executed as a spy in the United States. Bergers combative temperament and very conservative politics fitted him for a leadership role with the North Wrttemberg Einwohnerwehr militia in 191819. He married Maria in 1921. After joining the Nazi Party in 1922, he was arrested and briefly held in custody after Adolf Hitlers Munich Beer Hall Putsch in November 1923. He trained and worked as a

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