''Abschnittsleiter'', German for "Section Leader," was also a Nazi Party political rank of

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 ...

which existed between 1939 and 1945. Divided into three levels (''Abschnittsleiter'', ''Oberabschnittsleiter'', and ''Hauptabschnittsleiter'') the rank replaced the older rank of ''

Ortsgruppenleiter ''Ortsgruppenleiter'' (Local Group Leader) was a Nazi Party political rank and title which existed between 1930 and 1945. The term first came into being during the German elections of 1930, and was held by the head Nazi of a town or city, or in ...

'' and was further used as a middle level administrative rank on the Kreis (County), ''Gau'' (Region), and ''Reich'' (National) Party Levels.

Sources

* Clark, J. (2007). Uniforms of the NSDAP. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Nazi political ranks {{nazi-stub