branch death_date allegiance birth_date term_end death_place leader imagesize battles order term_start image caption predecessor birth_place party successor religion article_title
army 14 may 1936 german empire 13 july 1898 15 april 1926 munich , nazi germany adolf hitler 215px world war i 40px '' reichsführer-ss '' 4 april 1925 schreckj.jpeg schreck in his ss uniform '' office established '' munich , imperial germany national ; nsdap -rrb- socialist german workers ' party -lrb- nazi party joseph berchtold catholic julius schreck

julius schreck

julius schreck -lrb- 13 july 1898 -- 16 may 1936 -rrb- was a senior nazi official and close confidant of adolf hitler .
born on 13 july 1898 in munich , schreck served in world war i and shortly afterwards joined right-wing paramilitary units .
he joined the nazi party in 1920 and developed a close friendship with adolf hitler .
schreck was a founding member of the `` sturmabteilung '' -lrb- `` storm department '' ; sa -rrb- and was active in its development .
later in 1925 , he became the first leader of the `` schutzstaffel '' -lrb- `` protection squadron '' ; ss -rrb- .
he then served for a time as a chauffeur for hitler .
schreck developed meningitis in 1936 and died on 16 may .
hitler gave him a state funeral which was attended by several members of the nazi elite with hitler delivering the eulogy .
