Nazi paramilitary ranks

'''''' (, ) was a special title and rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945 for the commander of the (SS), and it was the highest rank of the SS. The longest-serving and most noteworthy office holder was Heinrich Himmler.

thumb|Gottlob Berger, chief of the [[SS Main Office, wearing the post-April-1942 version of the SS- rank insignia]] '''' (, ) was a paramilitary rank in Nazi Germany that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and adopted by the Schutzstaffel (SS) one year later. Until April 1942, it was the highest commissioned SS rank after only . Translated as "senior group leader", the rank of was senior to Gruppenführer''. A similarly named rank of existed in the SA from 1929 to 1930 and as a title until 1933. In April 1942, the new rank of was created which was above and below .

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Reichsjugendführer ("National Youth Leader") was the highest paramilitary rank of the Hitler Youth. On 30 October 1931, Hitler appointed Baldur von Schirach as the Reich Youth Leader of the Nazi Party. In 1933, after the Nazi seizure of state power, all youth organizations in Germany were brought under Schirach's control and he was designated the Jugendführer des Deutschen Reiches on 17 June. When Schirach was named Gauleiter of the Reichsgau Vienna on 8 August 1940, Artur Axmann succeeded him as Reichsjugendführer. Axmann had served as Schirach's deputy since 1 May 1940.

'''''' (, ) was an office and paramilitary rank in the (SA), the paramilitary stormtroopers associated with the Nazi Party. It was a rank and position held by the operating chief of the SA. The rank was equivalent to the rank of in the German Army and to General in the U.S. Army.

head of the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party

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thumb|Uniform of a National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) Obertruppführer Obertruppführer (, "senior troop leader") was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party that was used between the years of 1932 and 1945. The rank is most closely associated with the Sturmabteilung (SA), but also was an early rank of the Schutzstaffel (SS) in that group's formative years.

thumb|Rapportführer|Report Leader Campe with six Block Leaders during a roll call in [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp, 1936.]]

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Haupttruppführer (, "chief troop leader") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that existed between the years of 1930 and 1945. Haupttruppführer was mainly used as a rank of the Sturmabteilung (SA), but was also used by the Schutzstaffel (SS) in the early days of that group's existence.

Gauführer was an early rank used between 1925 and 1929 by paramilitary organizations of the Nazi Party, primarily the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS). Translated as "region leader", the title of Gauführer was influenced by the similarly named Nazi Party political position of Gauleiter. The insignia for a Gauführer was a swastika armband with two white stripes. The Gauführer was eventually phased out by subsequent reorganizations of the SA and SS that resulted in new components headed by an Oberführer.

SS-Stabsscharführer (short: Stascha; address: Stabsscharführer ; ) was not a rank, but a position title or appointment, mainly used in the Waffen-SS, equivalent to the Hauptfeldwebel of the Wehrmacht (Heer and Luftwaffe) between the years of 1938 to 1945.

Korpsführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was the highest rank used by the National Socialist Motor Corps and the National Socialist Flyers Corps. Translated as "Corps Leader", the rank of Korpsführer was held by the single officer in command of the entire organization. The rank was the equivalent of Reichsführer-SS, at least on paper.

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A Stabsführer (translated as Staff Leader) served as a deputy to the leader of Hitler Youth, National Socialist Flyers Corps, National Socialist Motor Corps or Sturmabteilung. It was furthermore a Hitler Youth paramilitary rank held by the senior most member of the Adult Leadership Corps.

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paramilitary titles used by the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) between approximately 1928 and the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945

thumb|Jacket of an SA Truppführer, 1930s Truppführer (, "troop leader") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1930 as a rank of the Sturmabteilung (SA). Translated as "Troop Leader", the rank of Truppführer evolved from early Freikorps titles which traced their origins to World War I.