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Anwärter
''Anwärter'' is a German title which translates as “candidate” or "applicant". During the Nazi era, ''Anwärter/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 been accepted into a government service position and the rank was issued in two degrees: one for party members and the other for non-party members. ''Anwärter'' was the lowest Nazi Party rank in a complex and extensive system of Nazi Party political ranks leading up to such positions as ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsleiter''. As an SS rank, an ''SS-Anwärter'' was someone who had applied for membership in the SS and was undergoing a probationary period, after which time an appointment would be issued to the rank of ''SS-Mann''. The earliest recorded use of ''Anwärter'' as an SS rank was 1932; however, the rank was used as title dating back to 1925. Within the ''Allgemeine-SS'', the transition from ''Anwärter'' to ''Mann'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mann (military Rank)
''Mann'' ( en, "man" or "male"), was a paramilitary rank used by several Nazi Party paramilitary organizations between 1925 and 1945. The rank is most often associated with the ''Schutzstaffel'' (''SS-Mann''), but also was a rank of the SA, where ''Mann'' (''SA-Mann'') was the lowest enlisted rank and was the equivalent of a private. In 1938, with the rise of the ''SS-Verfügungstruppe'' (later renamed the Waffen-SS), the SS changed the rank of ''Mann'' to '' Schütze'', although it still retained the original SS rank of ''Mann'' for the ''Allgemeine-SS'' (general SS). The rank of ''Mann'' was junior to SS-''Sturmmann''. In most Nazi Party organizations, the rank of ''Mann'' held no distinctive insignia. Some groups, however, granted a minor form of rank insignia such as a blank collar patch or simple shoulder board to denote the rank of ''Mann''. (see right: SS rank insignia pattern from 1933) Even lower ranks, e.g. ''Bewerber, Jungmann, Anwärter, Vollanwärter'', were es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
