Comparative ranks of Nazi Germany
The comparative ranks of Nazi Germany contrasts the ranks of the Wehrmacht to a number of Nazi Party organisations in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in a synoptic table. Nazi organisations 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
- Comparative military ranks of World War II
 - Glossary of German military terms
 - Glossary of Nazi Germany
 - World War II German Army ranks and insignia
 
Notes
- ^ 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]
 - ^ 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]
 - ^ 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.
 - ^ Used by the Luftwaffe until 1944.
 - ^ Mann for the Allgemeine SS
 - ^ The youngest members of the Hitler Youth organization in Nazi Germany
 
References
Citations
- ^ a b c Weiß 2002, Appendix.
 - ^ a b Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 3-4,7-8.
 - ^ a b CIA 1999, p. 18.
 - ^ a b Zabecki 2014, p. 1639.
 - ^ Davis 1980, pp. 219, 220.
 - ^ a b Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 9-10.
 - ^ Zabecki 2014, pp. 1640–1641.
 - ^ a b Davis 1980, p. 219.
 - ^ a b Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1942, table 13.
 - ^ a b CIA 1999, p. 33.
 - ^ a b c d e Davis 1980, p. 222.
 - ^ a b Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1942, Table 14.
 - ^ a b Davis 1980, p. 223.
 - ^ a b Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 14.
 - ^ a b Williamson 1994, p. 250.
 - ^ a b CIA 1999, p. 30.
 - ^ a b Davis 1980, p. 220.
 - ^ McNab 2009, pp. 9, 30, 46–47.
 - ^ Klietmann 1967.
 - ^ a b Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 23.
 - ^ a b CIA 1999, pp. 20, 31.
 - ^ a b c d Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 20.
 - ^ a b CIA 1999, p. 29.
 - ^ Specialist editor of the Bibliographical Institute 1938, p. 203.
 - ^ a b Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 18.
 - ^ a b CIA 1999, p. 23.
 - ^ a b c Davis 1980, p. 221.
 - ^ a b Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 17.
 - ^ a b Ley 1937, Table 73.
 - ^ a b CIA 1999, p. 24.
 - ^ a b Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 19.
 - ^ a b Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1942, Table 22.
 - ^ a b Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1936, Table 13.
 - ^ a b CIA 1999, p. 27.
 - ^ a b Absolon 1969, p. 59.
 - ^ a b Lepage 2015, p. 22.
 - ^ a b MIRS 1945, Table II–III.
 - ^ a b CIA 1999, p. 21.
 - ^ a b c Littlejohn 1989, .
 - ^ a b CIA 1999, pp. 25–26.
 - ^ a b Zabecki 2014, p. 1640.
 - ^ Zabecki 2014, pp. 1640–1642.
 
Bibliography
- Absolon, Rudolf (1969). Die Wehrmacht im Dritten Reich (in German). Vol. IV. Boppard am Rhein: Harald Boldt Verlag. ISBN 978-3764619404.
 - CIA (24 August 1999). "Records Integration Title Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
 - Davis, Brian Leigh (1980). German Uniforms of the Third Reich 1933-1945 (1st ed.). Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press. ISBN 0-7137-0881-6.
 - Klietmann, Kurt-Gerhard (1967). Feldgrau (in German). 13 (1). Berlin: Die Ordens-Sammlung. 
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Lepage, Jean-Denis G. G. (2015). Hitler's Armed Forces Auxiliaries: an illustrated history of the Wehrmachtsgefolge, 1933-1945. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786497454.
 - Ley, Robert (1937). Organisationsbuch der NSDAP (in German). Zentralverlag.
 - Littlejohn, David (1989). The Hitler Youth. Agincourt Publishers. ISBN 978-0934870214. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
 - McNab, Chris (2009). The SS: The Growth and Organisation of Himmler's Stormtroopers. Amber Books. ISBN 978-1906626495.
 - MIRS (1945). Handbook of the organisation TODT (OT). London: MIRS.
 - Specialist editor of the Bibliographical Institute, ed. (1938). Schlag nach Wissenswerte Tatsachen aus allen Gebieten (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut AG Leipzig. 
{{cite book}}:|editor1=has generic name (help) - Verlag Moritz Ruhl (1936). Deutsche Uniformen (in German). Leipzig: Verlag Moritz Ruhl.
 - Verlag Moritz Ruhl (1942). Deutsche Uniformen (in German). Leipzig: Verlag Moritz Ruhl.
 - Weiß, Hermann, ed. (2002). Biographisches Lexikon zum Dritten Reich [Biographical lexicon to the Third Reich] (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3596130863.
 - Williamson, Gordon (1994). The SS: Hitler's Instrument of Terror. Chartwell Books, Inc. p. 250. ISBN 978-0785830122.
 - Zabecki, David T., ed. (2014). Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1598849806.
 
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. 
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