Post-war
After World War II, he was de-nazified immediately and landed a nice job with the administration of Bückeburg, with help of the US Army, when otherwise unemployment was high. During those hard times, Torgler managed to keep himself in a well-paid position. Torgler angrily dismissed charges against that he had willingly cooperated with the Nazis. He tried to join the communist party but was rejected. In 1949, he became a member of the SPD and in 1950 moved to Bückeburg, where he drifted into obscurity. He died in Hanover in 1963.
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