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An "Old Guard" NSDAP member. Formed SA troop in 1927. 1934 fled Austria and joined SS Austrian Legion Adolf Eichmann was also a member of this unit}. 1931 member of SS with rank of Sturmführer. Member of LSSAH. 1938 part of Anschluss-company commander in SS Regiment Der Führer later part of 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich.
This register of SS leaders in general's rank includes the members of the Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS, in line with the appropriate SS seniority list (Dienstaltersliste der Waffen-SS) from July 1, 1944. It contains (incomplete) further SS Honour leaders (SS- Ehrenführer) and SS-Rank leaders for special duty (SS-Rangführer zur besonderen ...
Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS. This table contains the final ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS, which were in use from April 1942 to May 1945, in comparison to the Wehrmacht. [1] The highest ranks of the combined SS (German: Gesamt-SS) was that of Reichsführer-SS and Oberster Führer der SS; however, there was no Waffen-SS equivalent ...
Schutzstaffel. SS– Gruppenführer Hans Lammers in black Allgemeine SS uniform, 1938. The uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (SS) served to distinguish its Nazi paramilitary ranks between 1925 and 1945 from the ranks of the Wehrmacht (the German armed forces from 1935), the German state, and the Nazi Party.
The Waffen-SS (German: [ˈvafn̩ʔɛsˌʔɛs]; lit.'Armed SS') was the combat branch of the Nazi Party 's paramilitary Schutzstaffel (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both German-occupied Europe and unoccupied lands. [ 3 ] It was disbanded in May 1945.
Otto Wächter – Austrian lawyer and high-ranking member of the SS. He was appointed to government positions in Poland and Italy. In 1940 68,000 Jews were expelled from Krakow, Poland and in 1941 the Kraków Ghetto was created for the remaining 15,000 Jews by his decrees.
SS- Obergruppenführer. Wilhelm Bittrich. 14 October 1941 – 31 December 1941. SS-Obergruppenführer. Matthias Kleinheisterkamp. 31 December 1941 – 19 April 1942. SS-Obergruppenführer. Georg Keppler. 19 April 1942 – 10 February 1943.
Pages in category "SS ranks". The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Ranks and insignia of the Ordnungspolizei. Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS. Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel.