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Between 1925 and 1945, the German SS grew from a mere eight members to over a quarter of a million Waffen-SS and well over a million Allgemeine-SS members. The following list of SS personnel gives the names of persons who counted among the organization's most famous, influential, and sometimes notorious members. SS redirects here. ... Waffen-SS recruitment poster; Volunteer to the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS was the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel. ... The Allgemeine SS (General SS) was established in the autumn of 1934 to distinguish certain SS members from the Waffen-SS (Armed SS) and SS-Totenkopfverbände (Deaths Head formations). ...

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Adolf Hitler

Prior to 1934 the SS were nominally under the command of the Sturmabteilung[1] and so it could be said that both Adolf Hitler as Oberster SA-Führer and Ernst Röhm as Stabschef SA outranked the most senior SS position of Reichsführer. Following the Night of the Long Knives Hitler "raised the SS, hitherto subordinate to the SA, to the rank of an independent organisation".[2] The seal of SA The  , abbreviated SA, (German for Storm division or Storm section, usually translated as stormtroop(er)s), functioned as a paramilitary organization of the NSDAP — the German Nazi party. ... Hitler redirects here. ... Ernst Julius Röhm, also known as Ernst Roehm in English (Munich November 28, 1887 – July 2, 1934) was a German military officer, and the commander and co-founder of the Nazi Sturmabteilung — the SA. // Röhm was one of three children of Julius Röhm and his wife Emilie... For other uses of the term Stabschef please refer to Chief of Staff Stabschef (Chief of Staff) was a paramilitary rank in the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary stormtroopers associated with the Nazi movement. ... Heinrich Himmler as the Reichsführer-SS Reichsführer-SS was a special SS rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945. ... For other uses, see Night of the Long Knives (disambiguation). ...


SS Generals

Rank Collar insignia
Reichsführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Julius Schreck First Reichsführer SS
1925–1926
Hitler’s chauffer
Later held the ranks of SS Standartenführer and SS-Oberführer
Posthumously awarded the ranks SS Brigadeführer and SS Ehrenführer of the SS Regiment Munich
5 1925 53
Joseph Berchtold Second Reichsführer of the SS
1926–1927
August 1923 750
Erhard Heiden Third Reichsführer SS
1927–1929
1925
Heinrich Himmler Reichsführer SS and Chief of German Police
Minister of the Interior
Chief of the replacement Army
168 February 1925 14303
Karl Hanke Final Reichsführer SS 203013 25 February 1934 102606
Rank Collar insignia
Oberstgruppenführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Kurt Daluege Commander of the Ordnungspolizei 1119 1928 31981
Sepp Dietrich Commander of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) and later the 6th SS Panzer Army 1177 5 May 1928 89015
Paul Hausser Commander of the II SS Panzer Corps 239795 February 1934 4158779
Franz Xaver Schwarz NSDAP Treasurer 38500 16 September 1931 6
Rank Collar insignia
Obergruppenführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Max Amann Honorary SS Member 53143 3
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski Higher SS and Police Leader of Central Russia 9831 489101
Gottlob Berger Commander of the SS-Hauptamt 275991 426875
Werner Best Reich Plenipotentiary of Denmark 23377 341338
Wilhelm Bittrich Waffen SS combat commander, II SS Panzerkorps 39177 1934 829700
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle Leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party Foreign Organization 276915 13 Sept 1933 999185
Philipp Bouhler Head of the T4 Program 54932 12
Martin Bormann Secretary of the Nazi Party 555 September 1929 60508
Franz Breithaupt Commanding general of the SS and Police Courts 39719 602663
Walter Buch Chairman of the Inquiry and Mediation Board 81353 7733
Richard Walther Darré First Commander of the SS Race Office 6882 248156
Otto Dietrich Honorary rank 101349 126727
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling Gauleiter of Saxony and Anhalt
High President of Merseburg
186155 1935 11579
Theodor Eicke Commander of the SS Totenkopf Division 2921 August 1930 114901
Karl Fiehler Lord mayor of Munich 91724 31 July 1933 37
Karl Hermann Frank Higher SS and Police Leader of Bohemia and Moravia 310460 6600002
Herbert Otto Gille Waffen SS commander 39854 537337
Arthur Greiser Gauleiter of Reichsgau Wartheland 10795 1929 166635
Wolf-Heinrich Graf Von Helldorf Not member of SS, but wore the uniform of an SS Obergruppenführer uniform in his capacity as Polizeipresident Berlin None
August Heissmeyer Commander of the SS Education Department 4370 21573
Rudolf Hess Also Deputy-Führer of the NSDAP 50 1 November 1925 16
Konrad Henlein Gauleiter of the Sudetenland 310307 6600001
Maximilian von Herff Commander of the SS Personnel Department 405 894 1 April 1942 8858661
Reinhard Heydrich Chief of the RSHA; president of Interpol[citation needed] 10120 14 July 1931 544916
Hermann Hoefel 463903 3924970
Ulrich Greifelt Reich commissioner for the Strengthening of Germanism 72909 1667407
Friedrich Jecklen Higher SS and Police Leader of Eastern Russia 4367 12 January 1930 163348
Hans Juttner Commander of the SS-Führungshauptamt 264497 541163
Ernst Kaltenbrunner Second Commander of the RSHA 13039 300179
Hans Kammler Head of V-2 program 113619 20 May 1933 1011855
Wilhelm Karl Keppler 50816 62424
Matthias Kleinheisterkamp Waffen SS Divisional and Corps Commander 132399 8 January 1934 4158838
Friedrich Wilhelm Kruger Higher SS and Police Leader of Poland 6123 February 1931 3995130
Walter Krüger Commander of :
4th SS Panzer Grenadier Polizei
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
IV SS Panzer Corps
VI SS Panzer Corps
266184 3991530
Hans Lammers Honorary rank 118404 1010355
Werner Lorenz Commander of the Office of Ethnic Germanization 6636 1931 337994
Konstantin von Neurath German Foreign Minister 1932-1938 1937
Günther Pancke Higher SS and Police Leader of Denmark
Waffen-SS General
10110 1931 282737
Artur Phleps Commander of the 7.SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen 401214
Oswald Pohl Commander of the SS Economics and Administration Office (WVHA) 147614 1933 30842
Joachim von Ribbentrop Foreign minister 63083 February 1938 1199927
Erwin Rösener Higher SS and Police Leader SS-Oberabschnitt 'Alpenland' (Wehrkreis XVIII; HQ: Salzburg)
24 Nov 1941-8 May 1945
3575 1930 46771
Ernst Sachs 278781 4167008
Fritz Sauckel Honorary rank 254890 1395
Paul Scharfe Commander of the SS Legal Office
Julius Schaub Cofounder of the SS, personal assistant to Hitler 7 February 1925 81
Oskar Schwerk 276825 5420196
Fritz von Scholz Commander of 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland
Arthur Seyss-Inquart Commander of the Austrian SS, Deputy governor-general of Poland 292771 6270392
Felix Steiner Commander of III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps 253351 4264295
Heinrich von Maur 5890310
Prince Josias zu Waldeck und Pyrmont 2139 160025
Karl Wolff Chief of staff to Heinrich Himmler and Supreme SS and Police Leader of Italy 14235 7 October 1931 695131
Udo von Woyrsch 3689 162349
Rank Collar insignia
Gruppenführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Amin al-Husayni Reported SS Honorary Rank (unconfirmed)
Hans Baur Generalleutenant der Polizei
Hitler’s Pilot
808258 None, but received Golden Party Badge
Albert Ritter Von Beck 153322 1937 5354436
Karl Brandt Hitler’s physician
Carl Clauberg Involved in human experiments 23876 21635
Hermann Fegelein SS-Cavalry General, Eva Braun’s brother-in-law
Bruno Erich Alfred Freyberg Oberburgermiester of Leipzig
Odilo Globocnik Higher SS and Police Leader of the Adriatic Region
Richard Glucks Inspector of Concentration Camps/Amt D WVHA 58706 1932 214805
Wilhelm Harster GeneralLieutnant of Police; althougth unable to join post war BND recommended SS contacts to BND as potential agents 225932 9 Nov 1933 3226594
Otto Hofmann Head of RuSHA 1943
SS and Police Leader Southwest Germany
7646 1931 145729
Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper Honorary rank
Heinrich Muller Commander of the Gestapo 107043 20 April 1934 533199
Artur Nebe Commander of the Kriminalpolizei 280152
Otto Ohlendorf Commander of the Inland-SD 880 28 MAy 1925 6531
Heinz Reinefarth Waffen-SS General
Alfred Rodenbucher 8229 413 447
Karl Gustav Sauberzweig 2nd Commander of 13th Waffen SS Division
Jürgen Stroop SS and Police Leader of Warsaw 1932
Rank Collar insignia
Brigadeführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen Member of the Reichstag; chairman of the regional council (Regierungspräsident) for Stettin, and later also for Potsdam.
Léon Degrelle Promoted by Himmler to this rank on 2 May 1945 (unofficial) None 1 June 1943 None
Anton Dunckern Also Generalmajor der Polizei 3526 315601
Karl Genzken Chief of Medical Office of the Waffen-SS 207954 5 November 1933 39913
Heinz Jost SD Commander & Commander of Einsatzkommando A
Bronislaw Kaminski Commander of Kaminski Brigade
Fritz Kranefuss Head of Financial Department under Himmler 53092 964992
Kurt “Panzermeyer” Meyer Waffen SS divisional commander
Wilhelm Mohnke Commander of the Reichs Chancellery defence during the Battle of Berlin 1 September 1931
Hans Nieland Lord Mayor of Dresden 61702 33333
Johann Rattenhuber Commander of LSSAH (Hitler’s bodyguard unit) 52877 1 May 1933 3212449
Walter Schellenberg Commander of the Auslands-SD 10 January 1934
Franz Six SD;
Head of RSHA AMT VII
Charged with creation of Chief of Einsatzgruppen for England
Vorkommando of Moscow of Einsatzgruppe B.
1935
Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz Heer panzer general 82857 1405562
Bruno Streckenbach Involved with Gestapo and Einsatzgruppen
Commander, SS Cavalry Division
Otto Steinbrinck Freundeskreis der Reichsführer SS 63084 2638206
Theobald Thier Also a Generalmajor der Polizei
Executed Krakow Poland 12 July 1949[citation needed]
250198 June 1935 1744848
Friedrich Weber Commander of the NSDAP Old Guard 265902 July 1934 15
Wilhelm Werner World War I war criminal. See [[1]];
Member of Himmler’s personal staff
9916 15 July 1931 332139
Karl Maria Wiligut Section VIII (Archives) RUSHA
Himmler’s Personal Staff
September 1933
Rank Collar insignia
Oberführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Adolf Ax Waffen SS commander 3848 1 December 1930 378043
Karl-Heinz Bertling Commander of the Indian Legion of the SS
Holder of the Golden Nazi Party Badge.
World War I veteran. Served in the Freikorps Ehrhardt Brigade 1919.
60258 1 November 1930 370275
Rudolf Diels First commander of the Gestapo 187116 April 1934 3955308
Eduard Deisenhofer Waffen SS combat commander
Oskar Dirlewanger Leader of Dirlewanger Brigade
Ferdinand Porsche None 5643287
Georg Martin Waffen SS commander 87679 5649799
Emil Maurice SS Member #2, credited with founding the SS 2 February 1925 39
Thomas Müller Waffen-SS combat commander
Freidrich Panzinger Chief Amt IV A RSHA;
Einsatzgruppe A
Deputy Gestapo chief
Chief, Amt V RSHA
Member of Gehlen Organization
322118 5017341
Emanuel Schafer Einsatzkommando/SD/Himmler’s personal staff 280018 4659879
Julian Scherner SS and Police Leader of Kraków
Julius Schreck First Reichsführer SS 5 February 1925 53
Otto Steinhäusl Police President of Vienna and Leader of Interpol. See [[2]] 292773 1938

Heinrich Himmler as the Reichsführer-SS Reichsführer-SS was a special SS rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945. ... Reichsfuhrer Collar Insignia (released by the U.S. National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Julius Schreck in 1933 Julius Schreck (July 13, 1898 – May 16, 1936) was an early Nazi Party member and also the first commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS). ... SS-Standartenführer insignia Standartenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in both the SA and the SS. First created as a title in 1925, in 1928 the rank became one of the first commissioned Nazi ranks and was bestowed upon those SA and SS officers... SS-Oberführer Collar Patch SA-Oberführer Collar Patch Oberführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. ... Brigadeführer was an SS rank that was used in Nazi Germany between the years of 1932 and 1945. ... Joseph Berchtold (March 6, 1897-August 23, 1962), a former stationary salesman succeeded Julius Schreck as Reichsführer-SS in 1926. ... Erhard Heiden (February 23, 1901-September 1933) was an early member of the Nazi Party and the third commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS). ... Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( ; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and the Nazi hierarchy. ... Karl August Hanke (24 August 1903 - 8 June 1945) was a Nazi Party official who served as Gauleiter of Lower Silesia from 1940 to 1945. ... SS-Oberstgruppenführer Collar Insignia Oberstgruppenführer was the highest commissioned SS rank with the exception of Reichsführer-SS, which was a special rank held by Heinrich Himmler. ... Obergruppenfuhrer Collar Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Kurt Daluege (September 15, 1897 – October 24, 1946) was an SS-Oberstgruppenführer und Generaloberst der Polizei, officer of the Central Reich Security Office (RSHA) and the governor of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia. ... Flag of the Ordnungspolizei The Ordnungspolizei (OrPo) was the name for the regular German police force that existed in Nazi Germany between the years of 1936 and 1945. ... SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich Josef Sepp Dietrich also known as Ujac (May 28, 1892–April 21/22, 1966) was a German Waffen-SS general, an SS-Oberstgruppenführer, and one of the closest men to Hitler. ... The Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler started life in the early days of the NSDAP as Adolf Hitlers personal elite bodyguard. ... Sixth SS Panzer Army The German Sixth SS Panzer Army, 6. ... Paul Papa Hausser (October 7, 1880 - December 21, 1972) was an officer in the German Army, achieving the high rank of Lieutenant General in the inter-war Reichswehr, after retirement from regular Army he became the father (thus the nickname “Papa”) of the Waffen-SS and one of its most... The II.SS-Panzerkorps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II. // The II.SS-Panzerkorps was formed in July 1942 in Bergen in The Netherlands as SS-Panzer-Generalkommando. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... SS-Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zalewski SS-Obergruppenführer patch SA-Obergruppenführer insignia Obergruppenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the SA. Translated as Senior Group Leader, the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer was held by... Obergruppenfuhrer Collar Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Obergruppenfuhrer Collar Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Max Amann Max Amann (November 24, 1891 - March 30, 1957) was a Nazi official with the honorary rank of SS-Obergruppenführer, politician and journalist. ... Erich von dem Bach, born Erich von Zelewski and also known as Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (March 1, 1899 - March 8, 1972), was a Nazi official and a member of the SS (in which he reached the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer). ... Gottlob Berger (July 16, 1896 - January 5, 1975) was a German SS general during World War II. From 1940, he was Chief of Staff for the military SS and head of the SS main leadership office. ... The SS-Hauptamt (translated as SS Head Office) was the central command office of the German Schutzstaffel (SS). ... Werner Best (1903-June 23, 1989), was a German Doctor in Law and Nazi official, serving during World War II. SS-Obergruppenführer (Lieutenant-General), department head in the SS-Gestapo within the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) and deputy of Reinhard Heydrich from 1939 to 1940, Best was one... Wilhelm Bittrich Wilhelm Willi Bittrich (February 26, 1894 – April 19, 1979) was a General of the German SS during World War II. Born in the town of Wernigerode in the Harz mountains of Germany, Bittrich served as an army officer during World War I. He joined the SS-Verfügungstruppe... The II.SS-Panzerkorps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II. // Formation - Kharkov The II.SS-Panzerkorps was formed in July 1942 in Bergen in The Netherlands as SS-Panzer-Generalkommando. ... Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (July 28, 1903 - November 9, 1960) was leader of the Foreign Organization of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP) from 1933 until 1945. ... The NSDAP/AO was the Foreign Organization of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP). ... Philipp Bouhler (born 11 September 1899 in Munich; died 19 May 1945 in Dachau (suicide)) was a Nazi German government official, head of the Führers Chancellery and leader of the euthanasia programme, the so-called Aktion T4. ... This poster reads: 60,000 Reichsmarks is what this person suffering from hereditary defects costs the community during his lifetime. ... Martin Bormann Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900 - c. ... For other uses of the abbreviation SS, see SS (disambiguation) The Schutzstaffel (Protective Squadron), or SS, was a large paramilitary organization that belonged to the Nazi party. ... Walter Buch (born 24 October 1883 in Bruchsal; died 12 November 1949 in Ammersee) was a German jurist and war criminal. ... R. Walther Darré in a 1939 calendar Richard Oscar Walther Darré (14 July 1895 - 5 September 1953), SS-Obergruppenführer, was one of the Nazi leading ‘blood and soil’ ideologists. ... Otto Dietrich was the Third Reichs Press Chief, and Hitlers confidante. ... Joachim Albrecht Leo Eggeling (born 30 November 1884 in Blankenburg am Harz; died 15 April 1945 at Moritzburg Castle in Halle) was the Nazi Gauleiter of Saxony and Anhalt and the High President (Oberpräsident) of the Province of Merseburg. ... Theodor Eicke (October 17, 1892 - February 26, 1943) was a Nazi official, SS-Obergruppenführer, commander of the SS-Division (mot) Totenkopf of the Waffen-SS and one of the key figures in the establishment of concentration camps in Nazi Germany. ... The SS Totenkopf Division--German for Skull, literally Deads Head--was a part of the German armed forces famous Waffen SS. Originally formed from members of concentration camp guards, it eventually evolved into one of Nazi Germanys most formidable combat formations. ... // Life Karl Fiehler (* August 31, 1895 in Braunschweig - † December 8, 1969 in Diessen/Ammersee) was a politician of the German Nazi-Party (see NSDAP) and Lord Mayor of Munich from 1933 until 1945. ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ... Karl Hermann Frank (January 24, 1898 – May 22, 1946) was a prominent Sudeten-German Nazi official in Czechoslovakia prior to and during World War IIand SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS und Polizei. ... Herbert Otto Gille (March 8, 1897 in Gandersheim - December 27, 1966) was a German general, and the highest decorated member of the Waffen SS. Military Career He started his military career as a first lieutenant during the First World War . ... Arthur Greiser (born January 22, 1897, in Schroda, Province of Posen, West Prussia (Środa, Poland); executed July 14, 1946, at Poznan, Poland) was a Nazi German politician . ... A Gauleiter was the party leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP (more commonly known as the Nazi Party) or the head of a Gau or of a Reichsgau. ... Reichsgau Wartheland (initially Reichsgau Posen) was the name given by Nazi German government to the largest subdivision of the territory of Greater Poland which was directly incorporated into the German Reich after defeating the Polish army in 1939. ... Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorf (born 14 October 1896 in Merseburg, died 15 August 1944 in Berlin) was a German resistance fighter against the Nazi régime. ... August Heißmeyer (or Heissmeyer – born 11 January 1897 in Gellersen, nowadays part of Aerzen; died 16 January 1979 in Schwäbisch Hall) was a leading member of the SS. After the World War II, he was sentenced to a prison term as a war criminal. ... Not to be confused with Rudolf Hoess. ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... Konrad Henlein as SS-Gruppenführer Konrad Henlein (May 6, 1898 - May 10, 1945) was the most important pro-Nazi politician in Czechoslovakia and leader of Sudeten German separatists. ... A Gauleiter was the party leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP (more commonly known as the Nazi Party) or the head of a Gau or of a Reichsgau. ... Sudetenland (Czech and Polish: Sudety) was the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the Western regions of Czechoslovakia inhabited mostly by Germans, specifically the border areas of Bohemia, Moravia, and those parts of Silesia associated with Bohemia. ... Maximilian von Herff (b. ... Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was an SS-Obergruppenführer, chief of the Reich Security Main Office (including the Gestapo, SD and Kripo Nazi police agencies) and Reichsprotektor (Reich Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia. ... Reinhard Heydrich - the first director of RSHA The RSHA, or Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office), was a subordinate organization of the SS created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22, 1939, through the merger of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD, or Security Agency), the Gestapo (Secret State Police) and the Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Friedrich Jecklen was an SS-Obergruppenfuhrer who served as an SS and Police Leader in Russia during the Second World War. ... Hans Jüttner (born 2 March 1894 in Schmiegel, died 24 May 1965 in Bad Tölz) was head of the SSs Main Leadership Office and also an SS Obergruppenführer. ... The SS-Führungshauptamt (SS-FHA) was the operational headquarters of the SS. It was responsible for the administration of Officer Schools (Junkerschulen), Medical services, logistics, and rates of pay. ... Ernst Kaltenbrunner (October 4, 1903 – October 16, 1946) was a senior Nazi official during World War II. He was the highest ranking SS leader to face trial. ... Hans Kammler. ... German test launch. ... SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893-1945) was a German, Heer and Waffen-SS, officer who served in both World War I and World War II. During World War II, Kleinheisterkamp commanded the 3. ... Recruitment poster of the Waffen-SS. (Enlistment at the age of 17) The Waffen-SS (German for Armed SS, literally Weapons SS) was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel or SS. It was founded in Germany in 1939 after the SS was split into two units [1] but the title... Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger (1894 - 1945) was a Nazi official and high-ranking member of the SA and SS. Krüger was born into a military family in Strasbourg, Germany (nowadays France) in 1894; he received elementary school education, but ultimately left school before graduating to begin a military career... For other persons named Walter Krüger, see Walter Krüger (disambiguation). ... SS-Division Verfügungstruppe SS-Division Deutschland SS-Division Reich SS-Division Das Reich 2. ... The IV.SS-Panzerkorps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on the Eastern Front and in the Balkans during World War II. The Panzerkorps was formed in August, 1943 in Poitiers, France. ... Hans Heinrich Lammers (May 27, 1879 - January 4, 1962) was a prominent Nazi and head of the Reich Chancellery. ... Werner Lorenz (born 2 October 1891 in Grünhof, Pomerania, now in Poland; died 13 March 1974 in Hamburg) was leader of the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (sometimes translated Repatriation Office for Ethnic Germans), an organization charged with settling ethnic Germans in the Reich from other parts of Europe. ... Konstantin von Neurath Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath (February 2, 1873 – August 14, 1956) was a German diplomat, Foreign Minister of Germany (1932-1938) and Reichsprotektor (nazi representative in the Czech puppet state) of Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1943). ... Artur Phleps (born on 29 November 1881 in Biertan (dt. ... Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division SS-Freiwilligen-Division Prinz Eugen SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen 7. ... The SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt or WVHA (also SS-WVHA) was the Economics and Administrative Department of the SS. It was formed in March 1942 under the command of Oswald Pohl and evolved to five main divisions (German: Ämter or Amtsgruppe): Amt A, Finance, Law and Administration Amt B, Supply, Administration... Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (born Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim Ribbentrop) (April 30, 1893 – October 16, 1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. ... Higher SS and Police Leaders were senior Nazi Party officials that commanded large units of the SS during and prior to the Second World War. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... This article is about the capital of the Austrian state of Salzburg. ... Fritz Sauckel (Ernst Friedrich Christoph Sauckel) (October 27, 1894 – October 16, 1946) was a Nazi war criminal, who organized the systematic enslavement of millions of men and boys from lands occupied by Nazi Germany. ... Julius Schaub, Reinhard Heydrich and Walther Hewel at the Berghof. ... SS-Gruppenführer Fritz von Scholz, as commander of 11. ... Kampfverband Waräger Germanische-Freiwilligen-Division SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 11 (Germanische) 11. ... Arthur Seyss-Inquart Arthur Seyss-Inquart (born Arthur Zajtich, officially (German) Arthur Seyß-Inquart) (July 22, 1892 – October 16, 1946) was a prominent Nazi official in Austria and for wartime Germany in Poland and the Netherlands. ... This article or section is missing needed references or citation of sources. ... The III.(gemanische) SS-Panzerkorps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II. The (gemanische) (lit. ... Karl Wolff (2nd from the right) together with, from left to right: Heinrich Himmler (far l. ... SS-Gruppenführer collar patch SA-Gruppenführer rank insignia Volkssturm Gruppenführer insignia Gruppenführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party, first created in 1925 as a senior rank of the SA. Translated as “Group Leader”, a Gruppenführer was typically in charge of large numbers... Gruppenfuhrer Collar Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Gruppenfuhrer Collar Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Mohammad Amin al-Husayni Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (ca. ... Hans Baur (June 19, 1897 – February 17, 1993) was Hitlers pilot during his political campaigns of the 1920s and 1930s, later his personal pilot and leader of the Reichsregierung squadron. ... NSDAP Golden Party Badge The Golden Party Badge was a special badge of the Nazi Party. ... Brandt at the Doctors Trial Karl Brandt (January 8, 1904 – June 2, 1948) was the personal physician to Adolf Hitler and headed the administration of the Nazi euthanasia programme from 1939. ... Image:Carlclauberg. ... Obergruppenführer Hermann Otto Fegelein (30 October 1906 – c. ... Leipzig ( ; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk from the Sorbian word for Tilia) is, with a population of over 506,000, the largest city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. ... Odilo Globocnik Odilo Globocnik (April 21, 1904 - May 31, 1945) was a prominent Austrian Nazi and later an SS leader. ... The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ... Richard Glücks (April 22, 1889 – May 10, 1945) was a high-ranking Nazi official. ... A concentration camp is a large detention centre created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... The SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt or WVHA (also SS-WVHA) was the Economics and Administrative Department of the SS. It was formed in March 1942 under the command of Oswald Pohl and evolved to five main divisions (German: Ämter or Amtsgruppe): Amt A, Finance, Law and Administration Amt B, Supply, Administration... BND may stand for: Buy Nothing Day Bundesnachrichtendienst, German intelligence agency Brunei dollar (ISO currency code) Black Nocturnal Darkness, Dutch black metal band This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. ... SS-Gruppenführer Otto Hofmann of Nazi Germanys Race and Settlement Main Office, was present at the Wannsee Conference planning the Holocaust against the Jews. ... Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper (born 13 October 1883 in Schwerin; died 23 October 1935 in Dessau) was a Nazi politician and a Nazi Gauleiter in the Gau of Magdeburg-Anhalt. ... Heinrich Müller (1900-1945?) was the head of Nazi Germanys RSHAs Amt IV and led the Gestapo from 1939 until his mysterious disappearance at the close of the World War II, on the 29th of April, 1945. ... The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... SS-Gruppenführer (General) Arthur Nebe (13 November 1894–21 March 1945) was Berlin Police Commissioner in the 1920s and an early member of both the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS). ... Kriminalpolizei is the usual designation of the criminal investigation services in the police forces of Germany, Austria and the German-speaking part of Switzerland. ... Otto Ohlendorf. ... Heinrich Reinefarth (plus communément appelé Heinz Reinefarth, 26 décembre 1903-7 mai 1979), était un officiel et un officier militaire allemand durant, puis après la Seconde guerre mondiale. ... Jürgen Stroop in custody Jürgen Stroop, (born Josef Stroop, September 26, 1895 in Detmold – March 6, 1952 in Warsaw), was an SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und Polizei, who served as the SS and Police Leader of the Poland-Warsaw area during the Warsaw Ghetto... Brigadeführer was an SS rank that was used in Nazi Germany between the years of 1932 and 1945. ... Brigadefuhrer Collar Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 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Kurt Panzermeyer Meyer in 1942 after being awarded the Oakleaves to the Knights Cross Kurt Panzermeyer Meyer (December 23, 1910-December 23, 1961) served as an officer in the Waffen-SS during the Second World War. ... Wilhelm Mohnke, 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke (March 15, 1911 - August 6, 2001) was one of Hitlers last remaining generals. ... Combatants Soviet Union Poland Nazi Germany Commanders 1st Belorussian Front – Georgiy Zhukov 2nd Belorussian Front – Konstantin Rokossovskiy 1st Ukrainian Front – Ivan Konev Army Group Vistula – Gotthard Heinrici then Kurt von Tippelskirch[2] Army Group Centre – Ferdinand Schörner Berlin Defense Area – Helmuth Reymann then Helmuth Weidling #[3] Strength 2,500... Hans Heinrich Nieland (* October 3, 1900 in Hagen - † August 29, 1976 in Reinbek near Hamburg) was a politician of the German Nazi-Party (NSDAP) and Lord Mayor of Dresden from 1940 until 1945. ... Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest) is the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony. ... Johann Rattenhuber in Soviet captivity Johann Rattenhuber (30 April 1897 - 30 June 1957), also known as Hans Rattenhuber, German police and SS officer, was the head of Adolf Hitlers bodyguard at the time of Hitlers death in April 1945. ... Correctly: Walther Schellenberg, full name Walther Friedrich Schellenberg (January 16, 1910 - March 31, 1952) was a German Nazi and second-in-command of the Gestapo. ... Franz Six Dr. Franz Alfred Six (August 12, 1909 in Mannheim - July 9, 1975 in Bolzano) first rose to prominence as dean of the faculty of Economics of the University of Berlin. ... Reinhard Heydrich - the first director of RSHA The RSHA, or Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office), was a subordinate organization of the SS created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22, 1939, through the merger of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD, or Security Agency), the Gestapo (Secret State Police) and the Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police). ... A member of Einsatzgruppe D is just about to shoot a Jewish man kneeling before a filled mass grave in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, in 1942. ... A member of Einsatzgruppe D executes a Jew kneeling before a filled mass grave in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, in 1942. ... Generalleutnant der Reserve & SS-Brigadeführer Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz, 1943 Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz (July 30, 1893 -April 25, 1968) was a Silesian officer and panzer ace. ... The German Army (German: [1], [IPA: heɐ]  ) is the land component of the Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Forces) of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Bruno Streckenbach (February 7, 1902 – October 28, 1977) holding the rank of SS-Brigadeführer, was head of the RSHAs Amt I: Personnel. ... The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... A member of Einsatzgruppe D executes a Jew kneeling before a filled mass grave in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, in 1942. ... Otto Steinbrinck (born 19 December 1888 in Lippstadt, died 16 August 1949 in Landsberg am Lech) was a German industrialist and an accused in the Nuremberg Flick Trial. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Friedriech Weber, Dr. (January 30, 1892–1954) was an instructor in veterinary medicine at the University of Munich. ... Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Himmler (October 7, 1900 - May 23, 1945) was the commander of the German Schutzstaffel and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. ... Karl Maria Wiligut (alias Weisthor) (December 10, 1866 - January 3, 1946) was also known as Himmlers Rasputin. He was born in Vienna in what was then Austria-Hungary. ... SS-Oberführer Collar Patch SA-Oberführer Collar Patch Oberführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. ... Oberfuhrer Collar Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Recruitment poster of the Waffen-SS. (Enlistment at the age of 17) The Waffen-SS (German for Armed SS, literally Weapons SS) was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel or SS. It was founded in Germany in 1939 after the SS was split into two units [1] but the title... NSDAP Golden Party Badge The Golden Party Badge was a special badge of the Nazi Party. ... The designation of Freikorps (German for Free Corps) was originally applied to voluntary armies. ... 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Julian Scherner was a Nazi Party official who served in the Schutzstaffel (S.S.) as an SS-Oberführer. ... For other uses, see Krakow (disambiguation). ... Julius Schreck in 1933 Julius Schreck (July 13, 1898 – May 16, 1936) was an early Nazi Party member and also the first commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

SS Officers

Rank Collar insignia
Standartenführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Gunter d'Alquen Chief of Propaganda OKW
Editor of Das Schwarze Korps
Connected with SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers
8452 1931 66.689
Albert Brummenbaum 274 111 232 194
Jakob Grimminger Leader of Standarten 1 and bearer of the Blutfahne 135 25 February 1926 759
Karl Jäger Commander of Einsatzkommando 3/
Einsatzgruppe A
Author of the infamous Jäger Report.
62823 1932 359269
Rudolf Lange SD Commander of Latvia, Commander Einsatzkommando A-2
Wannsee Conference participant
93501 1 March 1933 1159583
Professor Dr. Wilhelm Pfannenstiel SS physician at Belzec and Auschwitz 273083 2828629
Jochen Peiper Commander of LSSAH Kampfgruppe Peiper (the unit involved in the Malmedy massacre) 132496 16 Oct 1933
Wolfram Sievers Himmler's personnel Staff
General Secretary of the Ahnenerbe
Deputy of Managing Board of Directors of Reich Research Council
275325 1935 144983
Wilhelm Zander Assistant to Martin Bormann
Rank Collar insignia
Obersturmbannführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Friedrich Wilhelm Altena Member of VOMI
Murdered an Allied POW pilot on 9 August 1944.
Details here.
354102 316030
Hans Bludau SS doctor-SS Führungshauptamt 310384 1 November 1938 2765344
Hans Bissinger Commander of Field-Ersatz-Brigade 102
II SS Panzer Corps
53698 1 April 1932 1200004
Leon Degrelle Belgian Waffen-SS Foreign Legion Commander None 1 June 1943 None
Adolf Doldi RFSS RSD (Hitler’s pilot) 276881 1722844
Adolf Eichmann Head of the Gestapo’s Office for Jewish Questions 45326 1 April 1932 889895
Walter Hänsch RSHA I D-2
RSHA I D
Sonderkommando 4-B
252573 1 August 1935 537256
Fritz Hippler Film producer of The Eternal Jew 284122 10 April 1937 62133
Wilhelm Höttl RSHA
Head of Counter Intelligence for Central and Southeastern Europe
2nd in command to Himmler’s representative in Hungary
309510 1938 6309616
Rudolf Höß Commander of Auschwitz concentration camp 193616 20 September 1933 3240
Josef Jahn 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen 2431
Frederik Jensen Waffen-SS 456 051 4 April 1941 None
Herbert Kappler Commander of SS and Police Forces in Rome, Italy 55211 8 May 1933 594899
Bodo Lafferentz Staff of the SS "Race and Settlement Central Agency". Later involved in researching oil shale sites and wind power also V-2 Rocket development. Organised the Bayreuth opera "War Festival". 347155 17 February 1939 2594441
Karl Rahm Commandant of the Theresienstadt concentration camp
Max Rostock SS and SD official in Lidice
Sentenced to death but pardoned in 1960; Postwar Spy for Czechoslovika State Security in West Germany. See [[3]]
Harald Riipalu Estonian member of the SS
Richard Schulze
A.k.a. Richard Schulze-Kossens
Commander of SS Officers School Bad Tolz, Bavaria
Hans Seigling Also held rank as an Oberstleutnant in the Schutzpolizei
Commander of German Police Battalion 57
Commander of Schuma Brigade Siegling
Last commander of the 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian)
450.683 1940 3.279.337
Conrad Schellong 135553 28 December 1932 1428412
Dr Karl Sommer Amt DII 272426 220064
Edmund Trinkl Oberregierungsrat RSHA Berlin
Dept I A 6
Former member of Van Epp & Roehm’s Reichsflagge Freikorps brigade
Walter Vollmer SD during the war
KGB double agent in CIA-sponsored Gehlen Organization
21889 241213
Rank Collar insignia
Sturmbannführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Kurt Bartsch SS Kavallerie-Ausbidldungs und Ersatz-Abteilung 8 460 816 (V) 1942 None
Karl Boemelburg Gestapo leader in France 35898 892239
Wernher von Braun Allgemeine-SS battalion officer (also SS Horseriding Club) 185068 1933
Joseph Darnand French Waffen-SS Foreign Legion Commander
Hans Günther Adolf Eichmann deputy;
Brother of Rolf Günther
290.129 119.925
Rolf Günther Adolf Eichmann deputy;
Brother of Hans Günther
290.130 472.421
Hermann Hofle Deputy head of the Aktion Reinhard programme
Postwar member of Gehlen Organization
3924970
Hans Keiffer Deputy Gestapo leader in France 280104 2632427
Wilhelm Kment Commander, 1st Company, 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
Decorated personally by Himmler
167103 Prior to 1935 4262124
Werner Knab Gestapo chief in Norway
Commander of the Security Police in Lyon, France
191584 1935 3269940
Horst Kopkow Counterintelligence;
Postwar employee of MI6
46034 1931 607161
Gerald Krause SS foreign legion commander 565 781 1940 67 324
Bernhard Krueger Leader of VI F4A (RSHA)
Operation Bernhard
15429 528729
Hans Latza HSSP Norway 129260 2180945
Heinz Linge Hitler's valet 35795
Ricard Edwin Mattel Gynecology, Kaisern Elisabethspital, Vienna, 1940 4 Nov 1938 6212863
Alfred Naujocks SD commander, leader of the Gleiwitz incident 624279 1930 or 1931 26246
Adolf Shulz-Lenhardt Detective (Kriminalrat), cities of Hamm and Magdeburg 290716 5641530
Otto Skorzeny RSHA commando leader
Eduard Wirths Chief SS doctor (SS-Standortarztat) at the Auschwitz extermination camp
Rank Collar insignia
Hauptsturmführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Klaus Barbie Head of the Gestapo in Lyon, France 1935
Amon Goth Commander of the Plaszow Labor Camp 43673 1930 510764
Oskar Hans SD-Hauptamt 101662
Karl Hass SD; participant in the Ardeatine Caves massacre 1934
Josef Mengele Chief medical officer at Auschwitz-Birkenau 3177885 May 1938 5574974
Peter Neumann Captain of the 5th Viking Division; wrote The Black March 1939
Erich Priebke SD and Sicherheitspolizei commander in Rome, Italy
Eduard Roschmann Commandant of the Riga Ghetto 1938
Rudolf von Ribbentrop Waffen-SS Officer
Willy Whitteler Dachau concentration camp 310314
Fritz Woehrn RSHA IVb4 280238 Sept 11, 1938 2863618
Rank Collar insignia
Obersturmführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Kurt Gerstein Author of the Gerstein Report 10 March 1941
Willy Hack {SS-Oberscharführer} in SS-Panzer-Pionier-Batallion 3: Feb. 1942;SS-Obersturmführer in SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt: Jan. 1945; connected with Forced labor/K-Z Berga, Thuringia{Jewish-AMerican POWS were held here}. Hanged 1952, Dresden. 70329
Willy Hund Waffen SS
Knight’s Cross holder
391949 3 April 1939 None
Leo John Deputy Commander of the Plaszow Labor Camp
Friedrich Peter Member of an Einstatzgruppe
Leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)
1938
Walter Scharpwinkel Gestapo chief, participant in the killing of Allied POWs (namely as depicted in The Great Escape) 290803 1053578
Rank Collar insignia
Untersturmführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Paul Dickopf SD; postwar president of Interpol 337259 1937
Heinz Felfe SD Switzerland and Netherlands; postwar KGB spy in British Intelligence and the CIA-sponsored Gehlen Organization 1936
Walter Kutschmann Kriminalkommisar/Gestapo Chief in Drobohycz
{After being Identifed as living in Argentina by Simon Wiesenthal arrested on June 28, 1975; released June 29, 1975; Kutschmann died August 30, 1986}
1940
Benson Freeman British defector and SS propaganda officer
SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers
Martin James Monti US Air Corps deserter and SS propaganda officer
SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers
1945
Hanns-Martin Schleyer Leader of board of Zentralverband der Industrie in Prague 221714 30 June 1933
Hans Sommer Worked with Police in France
GDR agent after the war, as a Stasi agent planted into the post-war Gehlen Organisation.
Reimond Tollenaere Waffen SS Belgian Foreign Legion officer

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Consecration by Adolf Hitler of the Blutfahne at the 1938 Nuremburg rally. ... Karl Jäger was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland (20 September 1888 - June 1959). ... A member of Einsatzgruppe D executes a Jew kneeling before a filled mass grave in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, in 1942. ... The Jäger Report was written by Karl Jäger, commander of Einsatzkommando 3, a unit of Einsatzgruppen A which was attached to Army Group North during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. ... Dr. Rudolf Lange (April 18, 1910- February 23, 1945) was Commander of SD and SIPO in Riga, Latvia. ... The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. ... Belzec was the first of the Nazi German extermination camps created for implementing Operation Reinhard during the Holocaust. ... Auschwitz, in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of Oświęcim, by Nazi Germany during World War II. Rarely, it may refer to the Polish town of Oświęcim (called by the Germans Auschwitz) itself. ... Jochen Peiper Joachim Peiper (1915 - 1976);more often known as Jochen Peiper from the common German nickname for Joachim; born on January 30, 1915 was a senior Waffen-SS officer, and commander in the Panzer campaigns of 1939-1945. ... United States soldiers discover the aftermath of the Malmedy Massacre. ... REDIRLink titleBold textItalic textECT Insert textMedia:Example. ... A native of Munich, SS Standartenführer Wilhelm Zander served as an adjutant to Martin Bormann during the Second World War. ... Martin Bormann Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900 - c. ... SS-Obersturmbannführer Rank Patch SA-Obersturmbannführer Rank Patch Obersturmbannführer was a paramilitary Nazi Party rank which was used by both the SA and the SS. The title was first created as an SA rank in 1932 after an expansion of the SA created the need for an... SS Lieutenant Colonel Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Hauptamt Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (commonly translated as the Ethnic Germans Welfare Office or Main Office for Ethnic Germans) was an SS institution, founded in 1937; it was also commonly known by the nickname VoMi. The organization reported to the SS-Obergruppenführer Werner Lorenz. ... The SS-Führungshauptamt (SS-FHA) was the operational headquarters of the SS. It was responsible for the administration of Officer Schools (Junkerschulen), Medical services, logistics, and rates of pay. ... The II.SS-Panzerkorps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II. // The II.SS-Panzerkorps was formed in July 1942 in Bergen in The Netherlands as SS-Panzer-Generalkommando. ... Léon Degrelle Léon Degrelle (June 15, 1906-April 1, 1994) was a founder of Belgian Rexism who joined the Waffen SS (becoming a leader of its Wallon contingent) and, after the war, became a prominent figure in the neo-fascist and Holocaust revisionist movements. ... Otto Adolf Eichmann (known as Adolf Eichmann; March 19, 1906 – June 1, 1962) was a high-ranking Nazi and SS Obersturmbannführer (equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel). ... Reinhard Heydrich - the first director of RSHA The RSHA, or Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office), was a subordinate organization of the SS created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22, 1939, through the merger of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD, or Security Agency), the Gestapo (Secret State Police) and the Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police). ... Reinhard Heydrich - the first director of RSHA The RSHA, or Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office), was a subordinate organization of the SS created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22, 1939, through the merger of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD, or Security Agency), the Gestapo (Secret State Police) and the Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police). ... Members of a Sonderkommando 1005 unit pose next to a bone crushing machine in the Janowska concentration camp. ... Fritz Hippler (17 August 1909 – 22 May 2002) was a German filmmaker who ran the film department in the Propaganda Ministry of the Third Reich, under Joseph Goebbels. ... The Eternal Jew is a 1940 anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda film. ... Reinhard Heydrich - the first director of RSHA The RSHA, or Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office), was a subordinate organization of the SS created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22, 1939, through the merger of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD, or Security Agency), the Gestapo (Secret State Police) and the Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police). ... Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höß (in English commonly Hoess or Höss or rarely Hoeß; November 25, 1900; April 16, 1947) was an SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lt. ... Auschwitz, in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of Oświęcim, by Nazi Germany during World War II. Rarely, it may refer to the Polish town of Oświęcim (called by the Germans Auschwitz) itself. ... The official cuff title worn by men of 9. ... Herbert Kappler (23 September 1907 - 9 February 1978) was an SS-Obersturmbannführer of Nazi Germany. ... The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin Roma) is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. ... For other uses, see V2. ... Bayreuth Festspielhaus, as seen in 1882 The annual Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany is devoted principally (but not exclusively) to performances of operas by the 19th century German composer Richard Wagner. ... Commandant is a military or police title or rank and can mean any of the following: The commander of certain military corps and services, such as the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Commandant of the Coast Guard in the United States or the Commandant of the (now obsolete... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Lidice (Liditz in German) is a village in former Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic) which was completely destroyed by the Germans during World War II. About 340 men, women, and children from the village were murdered by the Germans. ... Harald Riipalu (born 1912, Estonia - died 1965, Great Britain) was an Estonian military commander. ... This article concerns the SS officer Richard Schulze. ... Bad Tölz is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and administrative center of the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen. ... Oberstleutnant is the German Army (Bundeswehr) equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel, above Major, and below Oberst. ... The Schutzpolizei (Schupo) is a branch of the Landespolizei, the state police of Germany. ... Category: Possible copyright violations ... Reinhard Heydrich - the first director of RSHA The RSHA, or Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office), was a subordinate organization of the SS created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22, 1939, through the merger of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD, or Security Agency), the Gestapo (Secret State Police) and the Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police). ... Ernst Röhm Ernst Julius Röhm (often written as Roehm in English) (November 28, 1887, Munich; July 1, 1934, Munich-Stadelheim prison, murdered) was a German military officer and commander and co-founder of the Nazi Sturmabteilung or storm troopers (the SA). ... The designation of Freikorps (German for Free Corps) was originally applied to voluntary armies. ... Sicherheitsdienst (SD) sleeve insignia. ... This article is about the KGB of the Soviet Union. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... Reinhard Gehlen (April 3, 1902 – June 8, 1979) was a Major General in the Nazi Wehrmacht during World War II, with the position of chief of intelligence-gathering on the Eastern Front. ... Sturmbannführer Collar Patch Sturmbannführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party which was used by both the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS). ... SS Major Insignia (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... For other uses of von Braun, see von Braun (disambiguation). ... The Allgemeine SS (General SS) was established in the autumn of 1934 to distinguish certain SS members from the Waffen-SS (Armed SS) and SS-Totenkopfverbände (Deaths Head formations). ... Joseph Darnand, wearing the wide beret of the Milice Joseph Darnand (March 19, 1897 – October 10, 1945) was a French pro-Nazi leader and commander of the Vichy French Milice. ... Otto Adolf Eichmann (known as Adolf Eichmann; March 19, 1906 – June 1, 1962) was a high-ranking Nazi and SS Obersturmbannführer (equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel). ... Otto Adolf Eichmann (known as Adolf Eichmann; March 19, 1906 – June 1, 1962) was a high-ranking Nazi and SS Obersturmbannführer (equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel). ... Hermann Julius Höfle (June 19, 1911 – August 20, 1962) was an SS-Sturmbannführer (major). ... Operation Reinhard (Aktion Reinhard or Einsatz Reinhard) was the code name given to the Nazi plan to murder Polish Jews in the former General Gouvernement and the Bialystok area. ... Reinhard Gehlen (April 3, 1902 – June 8, 1979) was a Major General in the Nazi Wehrmacht during World War II, with the position of chief of intelligence-gathering on the Eastern Front. ... The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... SS-Division Verfügungstruppe SS-Division Deutschland SS-Division Reich SS-Division Das Reich 2. ... The Sicherheitspolizei was a term used in Nazi Germany to described the combined forces of the Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst (the SD) between 1934 and 1939. ... This article is about the French city. ... Horst Kopkow (November 29, 1910 in Ortelsburg, Poland - October 1996 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) was a Nazi Germany SS major who worked for German Security police and, after the war, was hid by British intelligence so that they could use his knowledge in the Cold War. ... The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence Section 6), or the Secret Service, is the United Kingdom external security agency. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Bernhard Krüger (IPA: ) (born 26 November 1904; died 1989) was during World War II as an SS Sturmbannführer, the leader of the VI F 4a Unit in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt. ... Reinhard Heydrich - the first director of RSHA The RSHA, or Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office), was a subordinate organization of the SS created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22, 1939, through the merger of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD, or Security Agency), the Gestapo (Secret State Police) and the Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police). ... Operation Bernhard was the name of a secret German plan devised during the Second World War to destabilise the British economy by flooding the country with forged Bank of England £5, £10, £20, and £50 notes. ... HSSP may refer to: Homology-derived Secondary Structure of Proteins, a protein database available on the Web [1] Category: ... Heinz Linge (1913-1980) was one of Adolf Hitlers servants at his headquarters. ... Alfred Naujocks Born in 1911, SS-Sturmbannführer Alfred Helmut Naujocks was, according to some historians, ultimately responsible for the Second World War. ... Gliwice Radio Tower. ... Map of Germany showing Hamm Hamm is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... This article is about the German city. ... Otto Skorzeny (June 12, 1908 – July 6, 1975[1]) was a Standartenführer[2] in the German Waffen-SS during World War II. After fighting on the Eastern Front, he is known as the commando leader who rescued Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from imprisonment after his overthrow. ... Dr. Eduard Wirths (4 September 1909—20 September 1945) was the Chief SS doctor (SS-Standortarzt) at the Auschwitz Extermination Camp from September 1942 to January 1945. ... Hauptsturmführer was a Nazi rank of the SS which was used between the years of 1934 and 1945. ... SS Captain Patch File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Klaus Barbie posing with the other OKW officers. ... This article is about the French city. ... Amon Leopold Göth Amon Leopold Göth (or Goeth if one does not use the umlaut) (November 12, 1908 - September 13, 1946), was a Hauptsturmführer of the S.S. and was the commandant of the Nazi concentration camp at Plaszow. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Karl Hass, born October 5, 1912, in Kiel, Germany – died April 21, 2004, in Geneva, Switzerland, was a Nazi war criminal and mass murderer. ... The massacre of Fosse Ardeatine took place in Italy during World War II. On 23 March 1944, 33 German soldiers were killed when members of the Italian Resistance set off a bomb close to a column of German soldiers who were marching on via Rasella. ... Mengele in uniform Dr. Josef Mengele (March 16, 1911– February 7, 1979), was a German SS officer and a physician in the German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. ... The Black March is a autobiography of a SS man published by Bantam Books. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Sicherheitspolizei (security police) was a term used in Nazi Germany to described the combined forces of the Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst (the SD) between 1934 and 1939. ... The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin Roma) is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. ... For other uses, see Riga (disambiguation). ... For the rapper, see Ghetto (rapper). ... Rudolf von Ribbentrop (b. ... The main entrance just after the liberation Memorial at the camp in 1997 Dachau was a Nazi German concentration camp, and the first one opened in Germany, located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km (10 miles) northwest of Munich... Reinhard Heydrich - the first director of RSHA The RSHA, or Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office), was a subordinate organization of the SS created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22, 1939, through the merger of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD, or Security Agency), the Gestapo (Secret State Police) and the Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police). ... Obersturmführer collar insignia Obersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi party that was used by the Schutzstaffel and also as a rank of the SA. Translated as “Senior Storm Leader”, the rank of Obersturmführer was first created in 1932 as the result of an expansion of... SS 1st Lieutenant Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Kurt Gerstein (August 11, 1905 in Münster, Westfalia - July 25, 1945, Paris), was a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS and aided in mass murders in the Nazi extermination camps Belzec and Treblinka. ... The Gerstein Report was written by Kurt Gerstein, an Obersturmführer of the Waffen-SS in 1945. ... Recruitment poster of the Waffen-SS. (Enlistment at the age of 17) The Waffen-SS (German for Armed SS, literally Weapons SS) was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel or SS. It was founded in Germany in 1939 after the SS was split into two units [1] but the title... The Iron Cross (German: Eisernes Kreuz) is a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia, and later of Germany, which was established by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia and first awarded on 10 March 1813. ... Leo John was a member of the Schutzstaffel during World War II and served as the Deputy Commander of the Labor Camp at Plaszow. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Friedrich Peter (born July 13, 1921 in Attnang-Puchheim, Upper Austria, died September 26, 2005 in Vienna) was an Austrian politician who served as the chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria from 1958 to 1978. ... The Austrian Freedom Party (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, abbreviated to FPÖ) is a far-right political party in Austria. ... The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... SS-Untersturmführer insignia Untersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the German Schutzstaffel first created in July 1934. ... SS 2nd Lieutenant Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the KGB of the Soviet Union. ... Reinhard Gehlen (April 3, 1902 – June 8, 1979) was a Major General in the Nazi Wehrmacht during World War II, with the position of chief of intelligence-gathering on the Eastern Front. ... The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... Simon Wiesenthal, KBE, (Buczacz, December 31, 1908 – Vienna, September 20, 2005) was an Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer who hunted down Nazi war criminals, after surviving the Holocaust. ... is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... An SS cameraman films Waffen-SS troops in action, near Leningrad 1942. ... Martin James Monti {Not born 1910}(B. 24 OCt 1921-d. ... An SS cameraman films Waffen-SS troops in action, near Leningrad 1942. ... Hanns-Martin Schleyer (May 1, 1915, Offenburg, Germany – October 19, 1977 near Mulhouse, France) was a German manager, CDU member and employer representative. ... Logo of East Germanys Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS or Stasi) / Ministry for State Security This article is about Stasi, the secret police of East Germany. ... Reinhard Gehlen (April 3, 1902 – June 8, 1979) was a Major General in the Nazi Wehrmacht during World War II, with the position of chief of intelligence-gathering on the Eastern Front. ... Reimond Tollenaere (June 29, 1909-January 22, 1942) was a Flemish National Socialist who volunteered to fight the USSR in the Flemish Legion of the Waffen-SS. Tollenaere was born in Oostakker. ...

SS Non-Commissioned Officers

Rank Collar insignia
Sturmscharführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Lorenz Hackenholt SS-NCO in charge of gassing at Belzec Concentration Camp 1933 1727962
Gustav Wagner Head SS-NCO of Sobibor Concentration Camp





Image:WaffenSSSSF.jpg Sturmscharführer Collar Insignia Sturmscharführer was a Nazi rank of the Waffen-SS that existed between 1934 and 1945. ... SS Sergeant Major Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Belzec was the first of the Nazi German extermination camps created for implementing Operation Reinhard during the Holocaust. ... Gustav Wagner (born July 18, 1911 in Vienna ) was an SS officer and deputy commandant of Sobibór death camp in Poland, where tens of thousands were gassed during Operation Reinhard. ... Sobibór was a Nazi extermination camp that was part of Operation Reinhard. ...

Rank Collar insignia
Oberscharführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Wilhelm Ardnt Hitler valet killed April 21, 1945 in plane crash
Ernst Barkmann Waffen-SS Panzer ace
Franz Bürkl Deputy commander and infamous executioner at Pawiak Prison, Warsaw, Poland
Heinrich Harrer Austrian mountaineer and explorer in Tibet
Karl Wilhelm Krause Hitler Chief Valet 1933-1939
In 1944 with Flakzug of SS Panzer Regiment 12 in 1944
236858
Eric Muhsfeldt Senior NCO of the Auschwitz Sonderkommando
Karl Silberbauer Vienna Gestapo;
SD at the Hague;
Arrested Anne Frank
Rank Collar insignia
Unterscharführer
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Albert Hujar Staff NCO at the Plaszow Labor Camp
Hans Hillig Involved in the Malmedy massacre, tried at the Dachau Trials US011 Case No. 6-24 (US vs Valentin Bersin et al): 16 July 1946; 10-year sentence
Franz Schönhuber Waffen SS member; later chairman of The Republicans (Germany) political party





SS-Oberscharführer insignia SA-Oberscharführer insignia Oberscharführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that existed between the years of 1932 and 1945. ... SS Sergeant First Class Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ernst Barkmann, circa 1944, with several combat decorations and badges Ernst Barkmann (25 August 1919 - ) was a German Waffen-SS soldier and panzer ace. ... Panzer IV Ausf. ... Gestapo officer insignia pins SS-Oberscharführer Franz Bürkl was a Sicherheitspolizei officer. ... Pawiak Pawiak was a famous prison in Warsaw built by the tsarist authorities between 1829 and 1835. ... For other uses, see Warsaw (disambiguation) and Warszawa (disambiguation). ... Heinrich Harrer Heinrich Harrer (July 6, 1912 – January 7, 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, and author. ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... Eric Muhsfeldt, Senior NCO of the Auschwitz Sonderkommando during World War II. After the war had ended he was tried in Cracow by the Supreme National Tribunial in 1947, where he was sentenced to death. ... Members of a Sonderkommando 1005 unit pose next to a bone crushing machine in the Janowska concentration camp. ... Karl Josef Silberbauer Karl Josef Silberbauer (1911 – 1972) held the rank of SS - Oberstabsfeldwebel (Sergeant Major) in the Dutch Nazi Sicherheitsdienst (German Security Service). ... The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... Sicherheitsdienst (SD) sleeve insignia. ... Hague redirects here. ... Annelies Marie Anne Frank ( ) (June 12, 1929 – early March 1945) was a German-born Jewish girl from the city of Frankfurt, who wrote a diary while in hiding with her family, the Van Pels family and Fritz Pfeffer in Amsterdam during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War... Unterscharführer insignia Unterscharführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party that was used by the Schutzstaffel (SS) between the years of 1934 and 1945. ... SS Sergeant Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Albert Hujar was a staff non-commissioned officer in the Waffen-SS who served in the Schutzstaffel (SS) Concentration Camp service. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... United States soldiers discover the aftermath of the Malmedy Massacre. ... The Dachau Trials were proceedings against minor war criminals found in the United States sectors of occupation in Germany and Austria, and those accused of committing war crimes against American citizens and military personnel. ... is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Franz Xaver Schönhuber (January 10, 1923 in Trostberg - November 27, 2005 in Munich) was a German journalist and author. ... There is open debate on rather facism is rightwing or not. ...


SS Soldiers

Rank Collar insignia
Rottenführer
Sturmmann
Schütze
Mann
Anwärter (No Insignia)
Bewerber (SS Uniform without Insignia)
Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number
Josef Blösche Rottenführer; member of SD; involved in the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 314655 6547348 5918393
Alfred Krupp[citation needed] Freundeskreis der Reichsführer SS
Arms/Steel industrialist/
Colonel in National Socialist Flyers Corps (NSFK)
None 1934 6989627
Josef Oberle Dutch SS guard at Amersfoort concentration camp
Berend Johan Westerveld Dutch SS Guard at Amersfoort concentration camp
Eric Pleasants British defector and member of the SS British Free Corps None 1940 None
Sebastian Schmid Driver at Dachau concentration camp
War Crimes Defendant
Albert Speer Reichminister for Armaments and War Production 46 104 20 July 1942 474 481





SA Rottenführer collar insignia SS-Rottenführer insignia Rottenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in the year 1932. ... SS Corporal Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... SS-Sturmmann rank insignia Sturmmann is a German phrase translating as “Stormtrooper”. The word originated during World War I when Sturmmann was a position held by soldiers in German pioneer assault companies, also known as Shock troops. Following the defeat of Germany in 1918, Sturmmann became a paramilitary rank of... SS Lance Corporal Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Modern day Schütze insignia Schütze is a rank of the Armed Forces of Germany which predates the First World War. ... SS Private Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Mann, was a paramilitary rank used by several Nazi Party paramilitary organizations between 1925 and 1945. ... Early SS Private Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... NSDAP Anwärter insignia for full party members Anwärter is a German title which translates as “Candidate”. In modern day Germany, the title of Anwärter is typically used by those applying for employment and also as a designation for members of the Bundeswehr who are under consideration for... Bewerber (applicant) was an SS rank used in Nazi Germany from 1942 to 1945. ... Famous Warsaw Ghetto Photo. ... Belligerents Germany (Waffen-SS, SD, OrPo, Gestapo, Wehrmacht) Collaborators (Arajs Kommando, Blue Police, Jewish Police, Lithuanian Police) Jewish resistance (ŻOB, ŻZW) Polish resistance (AK, GL) Commanders Franz Bürkl Ludwig Hahn Odilo Globocnik Friedrich Krüger Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg Jürgen Stroop Mordechaj Anielewicz† Dawid Apfelbaum† Icchak Cukierman Marek... The Krupp family is a prominent 400-year-old German family from Essen, famous for their steel production and manufacture of ammunition and armaments. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The National Socialist Flyers Corps (German: Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps; NSFK) was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party that was founded in the early 1930s during the years when a German Air Force was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles. ... Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. ... Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. ... Eric Pleasants (b. ... A recruitment poster produced by the British Free Corps In World War II, the British Free Corps (BFC) or Britisches Freikorps was a unit of the Waffen-SS consisting of British and Dominion prisoners of war who had been recruited by the Nazis. ... The main entrance just after the liberation Memorial at the camp in 1997 Dachau was a Nazi German concentration camp, and the first one opened in Germany, located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km (10 miles) northwest of Munich... For the son of Albert Speer, also an architect, see Albert Speer (the younger). ...


See also

Ex-Nazis are those who were once Nazis and resigned from the party. ... This is a list of Second world war era Nazis that are still alive and presumed/considered war criminals. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Throughout the existence of the German SS, the organization maintained a unique set of ranks and insignia that differentiated it from other branches of the German military, German state, and the Nazi Party. ... SS unit insignia was a form of uniform insignia used by the S.S. between the years of 1932 and 1945. ... The Ranks and insignia of the Ordnungspolizei developed in 1936 after the incorporation of Germanys regular police forces in the SS. Ordnungspolizei Rank Titles Ordnungspolizei ranks were based on local police titles and were considered a separate system from the ranks of the SS. It was also possible for...

References

  1. ^ Snyder, Dr. Louis L.: "Encyclopedia of the Third Reich", page 147. Blandford, 1989.
  2. ^ Bullock, Alan: "Hitler and Stalin", page 374. Fontana, 1998.

SS Officer Service Records, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland Service is an independent record label based in Gothenburg, Sweden. ... The National Archives building in Washington, DC The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records. ... College Park is a city in Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA, United States. ...


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