[2] He served briefly as a platoon leader but due to gastric troubles which afflicted him for his entire life he was spared field duty beginning in January 1916.

In 1919 Schwarz joined the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund, the largest and most influential antisemitic organization in the Weimar Republic.

[5] He left his job as an accountant at the Munich City Hall to become the full-time Treasurer of the Nazi Party on 21 March 1925.

[4] From 16 September 1931 forward, Hitler granted Schwarz plenipotentiary powers over all financial matters of the Nazi Party.

[6] Hitler's will, dated 2 May 1938 (which left his entire fortune to the party) included the provision that it be opened in Schwarz's presence.

[4] On 5 June 1944, Schwarz received a high military award, the War Merit Cross, 1st class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.

[10] Schwarz died in another Allied internment camp near Regensburg on 2 December 1947, due to recurring gastric troubles.

In September 1948, Schwarz was posthumously classified by the Munich denazification court as a "major offender" and all his assets were confiscated.