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.
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.
== Sturmabteilung (SA) == The SA-Gauführer rank originated sometime after the reestablishment of the Nazi Party and the SA in early 1925. This followed a period during which these organizations had been outlawed after Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall putsch of November 1923. The newly-created SA-Gauführer commanded a Gausturm composed of several SA-Standarten, each headed by an SA-Standartenführer. The Gaustürme were the largest SA organizational units until 1928. There originally were 19 Gaustürme established by Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, who Hitler named Supreme SA Leader in November 1926. Pfeffer deliberately drew the jurisdictional boundaries of the Gaustürme so as not to coincide with the Party districts, Reichstag electoral districts, military districts or German federal states. He did this to enhance the SA's independence by separating it as much as possible from the Party political organization.
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