During the Nazi era, SS-Anwärter was used as a paramilitary rank by both the Nazi Party and the SS. Within the Nazi Party, an Anwärter was someone who had...
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Reichsführer-SS and Oberster Führer der SS; however, there was no Waffen-SS equivalent to these positions. Remarks SS-Bewerber (SS-applicant) and SS-Anwärter (SS-aspirant)...
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Allgemeine-SS as a prelude to appointment as an SS-Anwärter (recruit). Within the Allgemeine-SS, the rank of SS-Bewerber was (more often than not) used simply...
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Mann (paramilitary rank) (redirect from SS-Mann)
the rank of Mann. (see right: SS rank insignia pattern from 1933) Even lower ranks, e.g. Bewerber, Jungmann, Anwärter, Vollanwärter, were established...
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Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS rank)
on SS membership with a particular focus on proof of "Aryan" ancestry, and created a "candidate" position known as SS-Anwärter, which prospective SS members...
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Karl Hanke (category Reichsführer-SS)
rank SS-Anwärter - 15 February 1934 SS-Sturmbannführer - 1 July 1934 SS-Obersturmbannführer - 20 April 1935 SS-Standartenführer - 15 September 1935 SS-Oberführer...
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Unterscharführer (redirect from SS-Unterscharführer)
promoted. During this time the aspirant was known as an Untersharführer-Anwärter (English: junior squad leader candidate) until passing the required evaluation...
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Wernher von Braun (category SS-Sturmbannführer)
1975. SS number: 185,068 Nazi Party number: 5,738,692: 96 SS-Anwärter: 1 November 1933 (Candidate; received rank upon joining SS Riding School) SS-Mann:...
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Hans Kempin (category SS-Standartenführer)
entered the SS-VT and was given the rank SS-Anwärter (Candidate). In October 1933, Kempin was assigned to the premier SS-VT division Leibstandarte-SS Adolf...
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Schütze (category SS ranks)
rank in the Waffen-SS, SS-Schütze. Other branches of the SS referred to the rank as Mann. Insignia of rank Schütze of the Waffen-SS Shoulder strap in Feldgrau...
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Rudolf Höss (category SS-Obersturmbannführer)
SS. on September 30, 1933 and become a SS-Anwärter. It was during this time that Höss was noticed by Heinrich Himmler during an inspection of the SS in...
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general university entrance exam (Abitur) and having gained the rank of SS-Anwärter. Police officer training was conducted at police officer schools in Berlin-Köpenick...
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Gunter d'Alquen (category SS-Standartenführer)
Mönchengladbach. SS-Anwärter - 10 April 1931 SS-Mann - 10 April 1931 SS-Sturmführer - 1 October 1932 SS-Obersturmführer - 9 November 1933 SS-Hauptsturmführer...
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June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016. Mollo, Andrew (1992). Uniforms of the SS, Vol. 5: "Sicherheitsdienst und Sicherheitspolizei 1931–1945". London: Windrow...
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Hans Helwig (category SS-Brigadeführer)
the SA for the SS in 1929. Already 48 and generally considered to be of low intelligence it was unclear what use he could be to the SS but nonetheless...
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Rottenführer (category SS ranks)
Rottenführer was known by the title Unterführer-Anwärter (English: junior leader candidate). Waffen-SS Rottenführer also had the option to pursue an officer's...
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Siegfried Taubert (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
February 1919 SS-Anwärter: 2 January 1932 SS-Mann: 10 September 1932 SS-Truppführer: 17 February 1933 SS-Untersturmführer: 12 June 1933 SS-Obersturmführer:...
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Ranks and insignia of the Ordnungspolizei (category SS ranks)
the SS. If a member of the Order Police was already an SS member or - upon application - became an SS member, he was automatically awarded an SS rank...
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paramilitary groups, among them the Schutzstaffel (SS). Early SS ranks were identical to the SA, since the SS was originally considered a sub-organisation of...
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ISBN 978-1-906626-51-8. Rempel, Gerhard (1989). Hitler's Children: The Hitler Youth and the SS. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-4299-7...
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known as Reichsführer-SS; as a result, most of Himmler's attire is connected to his SS uniform. In addition to being Reichsführer-SS and a Reichsleiter,...
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Comparative ranks of Nazi Germany (category Nazi SS)
service rank “SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer” (quotation: “SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer” (en: SS-Supreme-Group leader]), in order to avoid confusion to the SS-Obergruppenführer...
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paramilitary groups were as follows: Schutzstaffel (SS): "Protection Squadron" (both Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS) Sturmabteilung (SA): "Storm Division" Nationalsozialistisches...
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(Air Force) and Kriegsmarine (Navy), were different, as were those of the SS which was a Party organization outside the Wehrmacht. The Nazi Party also...
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control of Heinrich Himmler, as the head of the police, and ultimately the SS. From June 1, 1943, the TN members, serving outside of the Reich, wore the...
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entered the Reichsmarine (Weimar Navy) on 1 April 1930 as See Offizier Anwärter (naval officer cadet). Kretschmer formed part of "Crew 30" (the incoming...
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(2/22/1973) Kurzgefasstes Lehrbuch für den Reserveoffizier und (Res.-)Offz.-Anwärter Einführung und allgemeine Schulung (1960) Taktische Schulung (1960) Taschenbuch...
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Squad Leader Unteroffizier Rottenführer Section Leader Obergefreiter Sturmmann Storm Trooper Gefreiter Mann Trooper Flieger None Anwärter Candidate None...
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Eastern Europe. As a replacement within Germany, the SS-Bahnschutz, a railway security force under the SS was founded in 1944.[citation needed] Uniformen vom...
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Giselher Wirsing (category SS-Hauptsturmführer)
("Munich's Latest News"). Also in 1934, Wirsing became an Anwärter, or candidate, for the Schutzstaffel (SS), and began working as an informant for the Nazi intelligence...
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