Early Nazi Career
By September 1930 Becker had joined the Nazi party, and in February 1931 he also became member of the SS. From February to April 1934 he was occasionally active in the Gestapo office at Giessen, before he finally left the university in 1935. At his trial on 4 April 1960, Becker testified that in May 1935 he was assigned to the SS-regiment "Germania" at Bad Arolsen, a small resort town near Kassel, the major city in the northern part of the German state of Hesse, in central Germany. During this time Becker held the rank of SS-Oberscharführer, and was concerned only with military affairs. He remained with this regiment up to 28 February 1938.
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