Franz Xaver Schwarz

Franz Xaver Schwarz was a German politician who served as Reichsschatzmeister of the Nazi Party.

Franz Xaver Schwarz (27 November 1875 - 2 December 1947) was a German politician who served as Reichsschatzmeister (National Treasurer) of the Nazi Party during most of the Party's existence.

Born in Günzburg, Schwarz was only one of four people to have held the rank of SS-Oberstgruppenführer and, of the four, the only one to hold the rank as an honorary title without equivalent Ordnungspolizei or Waffen-SS rank. Between 1934 and 1945, Schwarz also held several titles and positions in the government of Nazi Germany.

Schwarz died in an Allied internment camp near Regensburg