SS-Obergruppenführer
The SS-Obergruppenführer (short: Ogruf ; address: Obergruppenführer ) was the highest general rank of the Schutzstaffel (SS) under the Reichsführer SS in the German Reich until 1942 . With the introduction of a new rank, the SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer, in April 1942, the SS-Obergruppenführer became the second highest rank of general in the SS, comparable to today's lieutenant general .
Ranking and insignia
This SS rank corresponded to the SA-Obergruppenführer and the then General ... of the Wehrmacht . According to today's NATO rank codes , this rank would be comparable to OF-8 ( Lieutenant General ).
By the end of the war in 1945, 107 SS members had reached the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer. In the General SS , for example, an SS-Obergruppenführer could be used as a leader of an SS-Oberabschnitt , in the Waffen-SS as a leader of a corps or comparable unit. The “ Higher SS and Police Leaders ” (HSSPF), who were directly below the Reichsführer SS in the hierarchy , mostly held this rank.
Rank | ||
lower: SS-Gruppenführer |
SS-Obergruppenführer (Ogruf) |
higher: SS Colonel Group Leader |
The illustrations show the badges of rank or rank badges that were worn as shoulder pieces and collar tabs , but also as sleeve badges from 1942 for camouflage or special suits. The mirror-like collar tabs with the badge of rank were worn on the field-gray uniform jacket of the Waffen-SS or the gray field blouse. The base of the shoulder pieces was held in the weapon color "silver-gray", which is common for all ranks of the Waffen-SS .
References and comments
- ↑ Gordon Williamson: The SS - Hitler's Instrument of Power. Neuer Kaiser Verlag 1998, p. 250.
- ↑ OF stands for officer ranks , cf. NATO glossary abbreviations used in NATO documents and publications / Glossaire OTAN des abréviations utilisées dans les documents et publications OTAN ( Memento of 8 May 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Heinz Höhne : The order under the skull. The history of the SS . Bassermann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8094-2255-6 , p. 141.
- ↑ Dictionary of German military history , 1st edition (Liz.5, P189 / 84, LSV: 0547, B-No. 746 635 0), Military Publishing House of the GDR (VEB), Berlin, 1985, p. 145 (rank badge 29/30 ).
See also
- SS ranks
- Ranks of the order police
- NS ranks
- Illustration of the ranks and insignia of the Waffen SS
- List of SS-Obergruppenführer