Hermann Reschny

Hermann Reschny
Führer, Austrian Legion
In office
June 1933 – April 1938
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Führer, SA-Obergruppe VIII
(SA-Obergruppe XI from 27 March 1934)
In office
7 July 1933 – August 1934
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Führer, Austrian SA
In office
June 1926 – 19 June 1933
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition outlawed
Additional positions
1936–1938Reichstag Deputy
1932–1933Austrian Federal Council Deputy
1932Landtag of Lower Austria Deputy
Personal details
Born(1898-06-15)15 June 1898
Stammersdorf, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died7 January 1971(1971-01-07) (aged 72)
Graz, Lower Austria, Austria
Political partyNazi Party
OccupationSchoolteacher
Military service
Allegiance Austria-Hungary
 Nazi Germany
Branch/serviceAustro-Hungarian Army
German Army
Years of service1916–1919
1939–1945
RankHauptmann
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II

Hermann Reschny (15 June 1898 – 7 January 1971) was an Austrian Nazi politician and head of the Austrian Sturmabteilung (SA) who rose to the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer. A member of the state and federal parliaments in Austria, he fled to Nazi Germany after Austria outlawed the Nazis. There, he commanded the expatriate Austrian Legion and served as a member of the German Reichstag from 1936 to 1938. He fought in the German Army during the Second World War and, after Germany's defeat, he was tried for treason in Austria and sentenced to sixteen years' imprisonment.