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Comparative ranks of Nazi Germany

The comparative ranks of Nazi Germany contrasts the ranks of the Wehrmacht to a number of Nazi Party organizations in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in a synoptic table. Nazi or...

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The comparative ranks of Nazi Germany contrasts the ranks of the Wehrmacht to a number of Nazi Party organizations in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in a synoptic table. Nazi organizations used a hierarchical structure, according to the so-called Führerprinzip (leader principle), and were oriented in line with the rank order system of the Wehrmacht.[1]

Nazi rank structure in comparison to the Wehrmacht

Officer ranks

Enlisted

See also

Notes

  1. ↑Heinrich Himmler's title became an actual rank after the Night of the Long Knives in 1934. From that point on, Reichsführer-SS became the highest rank of the SS and was considered on paper the equivalent of a Generalfeldmarschall in the Wehrmacht; however, as Himmler's position and authority grew in Nazi Germany, so did his rank in a "de facto" sense.[18]
  2. ↑Decree paper of the Waffen-SS, 3rd (annual) volume – Berlin, June 15, 1942 – number 12 – p.46: “The Reichsführer-SS gave order regarding the spelling of the new service rank “SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer” (quotation: “SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer” (en: SS-Supreme-Group leader]), in order to avoid confusion to the SS-Obergruppenführer (en: SS-Senior group leader)”.[19]
  3. ↑Until castration of the SA in summer 1934 the designation of that particular rank in the SS was SS-Sturmhauptführer (SS-Storm head leader). However, the rank was renamed to SS-Hauptsturmführer (SS-Head storm leader). In line with the formation of the SA-Defence crews (SA-Wehrmannschaften) in 1939/40 it was renamed to “Hauptsturmführer” in the SA and in all other Nazi organizations.
  4. ↑Used by the Luftwaffe until 1944.
  5. ↑Mann for the Allgemeine SS
  6. ↑The youngest members of the Hitler Youth organization in Nazi Germany

References

Citations

Bibliography

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  • Verlag Moritz Ruhl (1936). Deutsche Uniformen (in German). Leipzig: Verlag Moritz Ruhl.
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Further reading

  • Wolfgang Benz (editor): Wie wurde man Parteigenosse? Die NSDAP und ihre Mitglieder. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-18068-4 (Fischer 18068 Die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus).
  • Davis, Brian L. (1942). Badges and Insignia of the Third Reich 1933-1945. Cassell. ISBN 978-1854095121.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)