Gottlob Berger

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Gottlob Christian Berger (16 July 1896 – 5 January 1975) was a German senior Nazi official who was the chief of the SS Main Office responsible for Schutzstaffel (SS) recruiting during World War II. At the post-war Ministries Trial, Berger was convicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity and spent six and a half years in prison. While serving in the German Army during World War I, he was wounded four times and awarded the Iron Cross First Class. Immediately after the war, he was a leader of the Einwohnerwehr militia in his native North Württemberg. He joined the Nazi Party in 1922 but lost interest in right-wing politics during the 1920s, training and working as a physical education teacher. In the late 1920s, he rejoined the Nazi Party and became a member of the paramilitary Sturmabteilung (SA) in 1931. He clashed with other leaders of the SA and joined the Allgemeine-SS in 1936. Initially responsible for physical education in an SS region, he was soon transferred to the staff of...

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