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Nazi Party Paramilitary Ranks
National Socialist paramilitary ranks were pseudo-military titles which were used by the Nazis, represented by the Nazi Party, the National Socialist German Workers' Party (''Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei''; NSDAP), between the years of 1920 and 1945. Since the Nazi Party was by its very nature a paramilitary organization, by the time of the Second World War, several systems of paramilitary ranks had come into existence for both the Nazi Party itself and the various Nazi paramilitary organizations. The following articles provide information regarding the various paramilitary rank systems used by the Nazi Party: * Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party * Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel * Uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung * Ranks and insignia of the Hitler Youth * Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Flyers Corps * Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps * Ranks and insignia of the Volkssturm After the Nazi Party came to ...
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Nazis
Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Nazi Germany. During Hitler's rise to power in 1930s Europe, it was frequently referred to as Hitlerism (german: Hitlerfaschismus). The later related term "neo-Nazism" is applied to other far-right groups with similar ideas which formed after the Second World War. Nazism is a form of fascism, with disdain for liberal democracy and the parliamentary system. It incorporates a dictatorship, fervent antisemitism, anti-communism, scientific racism, and the use of eugenics into its creed. Its extreme nationalism originated in pan-Germanism and the ethno-nationalist '' Völkisch'' movement which had been a prominent aspect of German nationalism since the late 19th century, and it was strongly influenced by the paramilitary groups that emerged af ...
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which Hitler and the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945 after just 12 years when the Allies defeated Germany, ending World War II in Europe. On 30 January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the head of gove ...
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Nazi Concentration Camp Badges
Nazi concentration camp badges, primarily triangles, were part of the system of Identification of inmates in German concentration camps, identification in German camps. They were used in the Nazi concentration camps, concentration camps in the German-occupied Europe, German-occupied countries to identify the reason the prisoners had been placed there. The triangles were made of fabric and were sewn on jackets and trousers of the prisoners. These mandatory badge of shame, badges of shame had specific meanings indicated by their colour and shape. Such emblems helped guards assign tasks to the detainees. For example, a guard at a glance could see if someone was a convicted criminal (green patch) and thus likely of a tough temperament suitable for ''Kapo (concentration camp), kapo'' duty. Someone with an escape suspect mark usually would not be assigned to work squads operating outside the camp fence. Someone wearing an F could be called upon to help translate guards' spoken instructi ...
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Concentration Camp
Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simply mean imprisonment, it tends to refer to preventive confinement rather than confinement ''after'' having been convicted of some crime. Use of these terms is subject to debate and political sensitivities. The word ''internment'' is also occasionally used to describe a neutral country's practice of detaining belligerent armed forces and equipment on its territory during times of war, under the Hague Convention of 1907. Interned persons may be held in prisons or in facilities known as internment camps (also known as concentration camps). The term ''concentration camp'' originates from the Spanish–Cuban Ten Years' War when Spanish forces detained Cuban civilians in camps in order to more easily combat guerrilla forces. Over the following ...
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Kyffhäuserbund
The Kyffhäuserbund ( en, link=yes, Kyffhäuser League) is an umbrella organization for war veterans' and reservists' associations in Germany based in Rüdesheim am Rhein. It owes its name to the Kyffhäuser Monument (german: Kyffhäuserdenkmal), a memorial built on the summit of the 473 m high Kyffhäuser mountain near Bad Frankenhausen in the state of Thuringia in central Germany. History The Kyffhäuserbund's origins lie in a section of the Deutscher Kriegerbund ( en, link=yes, German Warrior League) that established a league in 1900 that would unite the formerly scattered German war veterans' associations. Some of these organizations had been already administrating the maintenance of the memorial together. The league was initially named Kyffhäuser League of the German Countries' Warriors Associations (german: Kyffhäuserbund der deutschen Landeskriegerverbände), a name that became later abbreviated to Kyffhäuserbund. By 1913, this umbrella organization had already 2.8 ...
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Ranks And Insignia Of Organisation Todt
Ranks and insignia of Organisation Todt show the pay grades, wage groups and paramilitary ranks used by the Organisation Todt Organisation Todt (OT; ) was a civil and military engineering organisation in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, named for its founder, Fritz Todt, an engineer and senior Nazi. The organisation was responsible for a huge range of engineering projec .... Ranks and Pay Grades of OT Organic Staff Source: Ranks and Wage Groups of OT Contractor Staff Sources: Wage groups for front workers and OT legionaries Source:''Handbook of Organisation Todt'' (1945). London: MIRS, vol. 1., # 143. Rank insignia References {{Ranks, uniforms and insignia of Nazi Germany Nazi paramilitary ranks ...
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Ranks And Insignia Of The Reichsbahn
Ranks and insignia of the Reichsbahn show the grades, titles, and rank insignia of the Deutsche Reichsbahn The ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'', also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regiona ... during the period 1935–1945. Pay grades, titles, and army equivalent Uniform regulations of 1935 Uniform regulations of 1941 The first uniform regulations of 1941 exchanged the pips on the epaulets for rosettes. They also introduced collar patches denoting career groups.Schöttge, Hartmut (2008). ''Eisenbahnuniformen der Deutschen Reichsbahn 1941 bis 1943.'' Delitzsch. References {{Uniforms, insignia and ranks of Nazi Germany Nazi paramilitary ranks ...
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Ranks And Insignia Of The Reichsluftschutzbund
Ranks and insignia of Reichsluftschutzbund were paramilitary A paramilitary is an organization whose structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces. Paramilitary units carr ... titles adopted by the ( – RLB) for wear on the paramilitary uniforms of the RLB. Table of ranks References {{DEFAULTSORT:Reichsluftschutzbund * ...
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Ranks And Insignia Of The Reichsarbeitsdienst
Ranks and insignia of the Reichsarbeitsdienst were paramilitary ranks used by the Reich Labour Service. Rank structure Rank insignia 1943-1945 Chevrons Used in 1940 File:RAD-Obertruppfuhrer-patch.svg, Obertruppführer File:RAD-Truppfuhrer-patch.svg, Truppführer File:RAD-Untertruppfuhrer-patch.svg, Untertruppführer File:RAD-Hauptvormann-patch.svg, Hauptvormann File:RAD-Obervormann-patch.svg, Obervormann File:RAD-Vormann-patch.svg, Vormann Pay of the ''Stammpersonal'' Mean annual pay for an industrial worker was 1,459 Reichsmark 1939, and for a privately employed white-collar worker A white-collar worker is a person who performs professional, desk, managerial, or administrative work. White-collar work may be performed in an office or other administrative setting. White-collar workers include job paths related to government, ... 2,772 Reichsmark.
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Ranks And Insignia Of The Ordnungspolizei
The ranks and insignia of the ''Ordnungspolizei'' were developed in 1936 after the nationalization of Germany's regular police forces. ''Ordnungspolizei'' ''Ordnungspolizei'' (Orpo) ranks were based on local police titles and were considered a separate system from the ranks of the SS. It was also possible for Orpo members to hold dual status in both the Orpo and the SS, meaning that two ranks could be held simultaneously. In the case of Orpo generals, equivalent SS rank was always held in which case the Orpo general would be addressed by their SS rank first, followed by their police titles (for example: SS-''Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei''). In 1944, all Orpo generals also gained equivalent ''Waffen-SS'' rank so that, in the event of capture by the Allies, the Orpo general would hold status as a military officer instead of a police official. Orpo personnel who were also members of the ''Allgemeine-SS'' were authorized to wear an embroidered SS '' Sigrunen'' patch ...
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Volkssturm
The (; "people's storm") was a levée en masse national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. It was not set up by the German Army, the ground component of the combined German ''Wehrmacht'' armed forces, but by the Nazi Party on the orders of Adolf Hitler and established on 25 September 1944. It was staffed by conscripting males between the ages of 16 and 60 years, who were not already serving in some military unit. The ''Volkssturm'' comprised one of the final components of the total war promulgated by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, part of a Nazi endeavor to overcome their enemies' military strength through force of will. ''Volkssturm'' units fought unsuccessful futile battles against the Allied forces at the end of the war and on several occasions, its members participated in atrocities accompanied by German civilians and the Hitler Youth, which were overseen by members of the SS or Gau leaders. Origins and organization The ...
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National Socialist German Workers' Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor, the German Workers' Party (; DAP), existed from 1919 to 1920. The Nazi Party emerged from the extremist German nationalist, racist and populist paramilitary culture, which fought against the communist uprisings in post–World War I Germany. The party was created to draw workers away from communism and into nationalism. Initially, Nazi political strategy focused on anti–big business, anti-bourgeois, and anti-capitalist rhetoric. This was later downplayed to gain the support of business leaders, and in the 1930s, the party's main focus shifted to antisemitic and anti-Marxist themes. The party had little popular support until the Great Depression. Pseudoscientific racist theories were central ...
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