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was the equivalent in the armed SS; in 1944, most active SS generals received this designation in order to command military troops during the last days of the war. Approximately fifteen SS generals were ranked as
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Himmler the equivalent of the senior commanders of the SA, to which the SS was still subordinated. Although Himmler usually referred to himself as
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were promoted a year later. All five promotions were honorary SS ranks with the first promotion of an active SS officer occurring in
September 1941 when the rank was granted to
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with 97 such officers listed on the SS seniority list in 1944. Several men with the rank would die during World War II; some of the more notable being
Heydrich, Eicke, and
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Northern Germany under Daluege and the other in
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was appointed as his deputy in April 1933, Hitler promoted him to SS-
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in 1941. Helldorff was stricken from the SS rolls in 1944 after the
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Dietrich remained senior, having served as
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until the spring of 1933, when Röhm made the title position of
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1970:
The
Secretary. Martin Bormann: The Man Who Manipulated Hitler
313:(SS) one year later. Until April 1942, it was the highest
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Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard
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A total of 107 men would eventually hold the rank of SS-
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Obergruppenführer und
General der Polizei und Waffen-SS
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539:Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
254:, wearing the post-April-1942 version of the SS-
569:. The last pre-war promotion to the rank of SS-
1323:, as well as those senior SS personnel of the
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1336:Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS
1233:Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS
1230:commander Theodor Eicke was promoted to SS-
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1395:came to be considered the equivalent of a
557:who would become one of the most infamous
545:received the rank a year later along with
1330:Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei
480:but only use the title of Deputy Führer.
1953:. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
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1182:. The first wartime promotions to SS-
693:Josias, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
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513:who commanded most of the SS in the
483:A number of men were promoted to SS-
300:that was first created in 1932 as a
3048:Three-star officers of Nazi Germany
2142:The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich
2124:. Vol. 3. Fonthill Media LLC.
1361:until April 1942; equivalent to a
757:Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg
577:Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg
25:
2029:. San Jose, CA: R. James Bender.
1401:; holders were titled in full SS-
298:paramilitary rank in Nazi Germany
27:Paramilitary rank in Nazi Germany
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1503:
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1257:Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff
446:to the newly created rank of SS-
423:was the most senior rank of the
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2993:National Socialist Flyers Corps
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149:National Socialist Flyers Corps
2988:National Socialist Motor Corps
1304:National Socialist Motor Corps
138:National Socialist Motor Corps
1:
1776:Zentner & Bedürftig 1997
1679:, pp. 297–300 Appendix.
1650:List of SS-Obergruppenführer
1176:and the rest members of the
438:Also in the summer of 1933,
352:was created which was above
340:. A similarly named rank of
49:Post April 1942 gorget patch
2145:. New York: Da Capo Press.
1892:. New York: Penguin Group.
811:Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
709:Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorff
277:[ˈoːbɐˌɡʁʊpm̩fyːʁɐ]
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2896:Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB)
1972:. New York: Random House.
1888:Evans, Richard J. (2008).
68:Shoulder and camo insignia
1968:Lang, Jochen von (1979).
1907:Flaherty, T. H. (2004) .
1645:Corps colours (Waffen-SS)
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1138:Matthias Kleinheisterkamp
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234:General der Waffengattung
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2025:Miller, Michael (2015).
1930:Haskew, Michael (2011).
1013:Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch
734:Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser
680:Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
529:Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
503:Night of the Long Knives
412:Fritz Ritter von Kraußer
307:(SA) and adopted by the
3033:Nazi paramilitary ranks
2415:Combat ranks Volkssturm
2086:. Cerberus Publishing.
2082:Stein, George (2002) .
1909:The Third Reich: The SS
1865:Biondi, Robert (2000).
1585:SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer
1313:SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer
378:was created in 1932 by
349:SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer
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2120:Williams, Max (2018).
2105:. Fonthill Media LLC.
2101:Williams, Max (2015).
2077:College Park, Maryland
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2006:McNab, Chris (2009b).
1890:The Third Reich at War
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1371:. However, within the
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1190:Joachim von Ribbentrop
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2579:Schutzhaftlagerführer
1987:McNab, Chris (2009).
1949:Kershaw, Ian (2008).
1078:Karl Maria Demelhuber
1026:Hartmann Lauterbacher
840:Friedrich Hildebrandt
658:Richard Walther Darré
559:SS and police leaders
495:Richard Walther Darré
489:in 1934, these being
246:
3038:SS-Obergruppenführer
2976:SS-Totenkopfverbände
2404:Oberst-Gruppenführer
1913:Time-Life Books, Inc
1381:was equivalent to a
1321:SS and police leader
1202:Arthur Seyss-Inquart
1066:Maximilian von Herff
1050:Ernst-Robert Grawitz
807:Hans-Adolf Prützmann
795:Arthur Seyss-Inquart
531:were promoted to SS-
368:Creation and history
176:Oberst-Gruppenführer
2958:SS-Verfügungstruppe
2701:Gemeinschaftsleiter
2683:Bereitschaftsleiter
2498:Oberrottenführer HJ
2350:Obersturmbannführer
2067:Ernst Kaltenbrunner
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1991:. Amber Books Ltd.
1951:Hitler: A Biography
1934:. Amber Books Ltd.
1871:Schiffer Publishing
1243:SS-Verfügungstruppe
1226:on 1 October 1941.
1118:Gustav Adolf Scheel
949:Ernst Kaltenbrunner
933:Ernst Wilhelm Bohle
864:Richard Hildebrandt
633:Franz Xaver Schwarz
601:
462:Franz Xaver Schwarz
408:August Schneidhuber
291:senior group leader
2858:Sonderbeauftragter
2615:Reichsjugendführer
2597:Untergruppenführer
2192:Paramilitary ranks
1718:, pp. 15, 16.
1706:, pp. 29, 30.
1363:lieutenant general
1261:flight to Scotland
1255:: Rudolf Hess and
993:Hanns Albin Rauter
961:Karl Hermann Frank
872:Theodor Berkelmann
701:Karl von Eberstein
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547:Karl von Eberstein
388:Oberste SA-Führung
343:Untergruppenführer
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3028:Lists of generals
3010:
3009:
2849:Ortsgruppenleiter
2395:Obergruppenführer
2326:
2152:978-0-3068079-3-0
2131:978-1-781-55638-2
2112:978-1-78155-433-3
2059:Reinhard Heydrich
2036:978-1-932970-25-8
2017:978-1-906626-51-8
1998:978-1-906626-49-5
1989:The SS: 1923–1945
1979:978-0-394-50321-9
1960:978-0-393-06757-6
1941:978-1-907446-95-5
1899:978-0-14-311671-4
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1616:Obergruppenführer
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1392:Obergruppenführer
1375:, the rank of SS-
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1299:Obergruppenführer
1277:Obergruppenführer
1252:Obergruppenführer
1238:General der SS-VT
1223:Obergruppenführer
1210:Reinhard Heydrich
1185:Obergruppenführer
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1167:
1146:Fritz Schlessmann
1106:Jürgen von Kamptz
1094:Heinrich von Maur
1086:Curt von Gottberg
1009:Alfred Wünnenberg
925:Siegfried Taubert
799:Reinhard Heydrich
721:August Heissmeyer
713:Friedrich Jeckeln
597:Obergruppenführer
589:Promotion history
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572:Obergruppenführer
555:Friedrich Jeckeln
534:Obergruppenführer
486:Obergruppenführer
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420:Obergruppenführer
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331:Obergruppenführer
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981:Friedrich Alpers
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848:Dietrich Klagges
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1042:Otto Winkelmann
1034:Ulrich Greifelt
965:August Eigruber
876:Wilhelm Keppler
815:Wilhelm Rediess
705:Philipp Bouhler
676:Udo von Woyrsch
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551:Philipp Bouhler
525:Udo von Woyrsch
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2863:
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2885:Zellenleiter
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2728:Dienstleiter
2570:Sonderführer
2394:
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2248:Rottenführer
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1282:Artur Phleps
1273:
1265:20 July plot
1248:
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1227:
1218:Paul Hausser
1213:
1198:Hans Lammers
1177:
1171:
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1163:Hans Kammler
1142:August Frank
1122:Paul Wegener
1114:Benno Martin
1001:Artur Phleps
997:Hans Jüttner
989:Otto Hofmann
900:Paul Scharfe
856:Wilhelm Murr
844:Karl Fiehler
803:Paul Hausser
778:Hans Lammers
654:Kurt Daluege
567:World War II
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511:Kurt Daluege
482:
444:Adolf Hitler
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400:Viktor Lutze
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302:rank of the
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158:Abbreviation
86:Nazi Germany
2840:Mitarbeiter
2831:Kreisleiter
2813:Blockleiter
2624:Korpsführer
2606:Stabsführer
2552:Blockführer
2543:Sturmführer
2516:Truppführer
2266:Scharführer
2230:Oberschütze
1848:Haskew 2011
1812:Miller 2015
1752:Biondi 2000
1716:McNab 2009b
1692:McNab 2009b
1622:Senior rank
1594:Junior rank
1579:Senior rank
1551:Junior rank
1498:(Waffen-SS)
1482:(Waffen-SS)
1216:commander,
1062:Werner Best
957:Ernst Sachs
904:Oswald Pohl
852:Paul Körner
662:Walter Buch
629:Rudolf Hess
499:Walter Buch
466:Rudolf Hess
320:after only
200:Korpsführer
3017:Categories
3000:Volkssturm
2924:Nazi Party
2822:Inspekteur
2786:Amtsleiter
2480:Aufseherin
2368:Oberführer
2051:Karl Wolff
1824:Evans 2008
1728:McNab 2009
1704:McNab 2009
1677:Stein 2002
1495:Camouflage
1292:Rank usage
1130:Carl Oberg
1030:Karl Hanke
896:Emil Mazuw
880:Karl Wolff
396:Ernst Röhm
392:SA-Gruppen
380:Ernst Röhm
358:and below
2967:Waffen-SS
2906:Präsident
2746:Gauleiter
2633:Stabschef
2588:Gauführer
2433:Zugführer
2239:Sturmmann
1764:Lang 1979
1628:Stabschef
1464:Waffen-SS
1456:1942–1945
1439:Waffen-SS
1373:Waffen-SS
1228:Waffen-SS
1214:Waffen-SS
1173:Waffen-SS
1098:Karl Wahl
973:Hugo Jury
697:Max Amann
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3043:SS ranks
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