Register Of SS-Leaders In General's Rank
This register of SS leaders in general's rank includes the members of the ''Allgemeine SS'' and Waffen-SS, in line with the appropriate ''SS seniority list'' (''Dienstaltersliste der Waffen-SS'') from July 1, 1944. It contains (incomplete) further ''SS Honour leaders'' (SS-''Ehrenführer'') and ''SS-Rank leaders for special duty'' (''SS-Rangführer zur besonderen Verwendung''), short for ''SS Honour – and rank leaders'' (SS-''Ehren- und Rangführer''). List of ''SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer'' SS-'' Oberst-Gruppenführer'' (literal: SS-Colonel group leader), short ''SS-Obstgruf'', was from 1942 to 1945 the highest commissioned rank in the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS), with the exception of ''Reichsführer-SS''. ''SS-Obstgruf'' was comparable to four-star ranks in English speaking armed forces (today equivalent to NATO OF-9). List of ''SS-Obergruppenführer'' SS-''Obergruppenführer'' (literal: SS-Senior group leader), short ''SS-Ogruf'', was the second highest commissioned rank ...
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Allgemeine SS
The ''Allgemeine SS'' (; "General SS") was a major branch of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany; it was managed by the SS Main Office (''SS-Hauptamt''). The ''Allgemeine SS'' was officially established in the autumn of 1934 to distinguish its members from the '' SS-Verfügungstruppe'' (SS Dispositional Troops or SS-VT), which later became the Waffen-SS, and the '' SS-Totenkopfverbände'' (SS Death's Head Units or SS-TV), which were in charge of the Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps. SS formations committed many war crimes against civilians and allied servicemen. Starting in 1939, foreign units of the ''Allgemeine SS'' were raised in occupied countries. From 1940 they were consolidated into the Directorate of the Germanic-SS (''Leitstelle der germanischen SS''). When the war first began, the vast majority of SS members belonged to the ''Allgemeine SS'', but this proportion changed during the later years of the war after the Waffen-SS o ...
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