List Of SA-Obergruppenführer

The List of SA-''Obergruppenführer'' enumerates selected men who held the position of SA-''Obergruppenführer''. This was the second highest commissioned rank in the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA), which was the largest paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party, numbering approximately 4.5 million members in June 1934. The rank was comparable to a three-star rank in English-speaking armed forces (today, equivalent to NATO OF-8). Due to the rapid growth of the organization, SA-''Stabschef'' Ernst Röhm authorized a new large SA troop formation in July 1932, the SA-''Obergruppe''. Organized in September 1932, each of the five new formations (expanded to ten in January 1934) was roughly equivalent to an army corps. Each ''Obergruppe'' was made up of several SA-''Gruppe'', formerly the largest SA component, and was placed under the command of an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. This new rank was established as the senior SA general officer rank, directly above the existing rank of SA-''Gruppenführer''.

This is a partial list of notable individuals whose highest rank in the SA was SA-''Obergruppenführer''. It does not include the two individuals (Viktor Lutze and Wilhelm Schepmann) that held the rank and who subsequently attained the higher rank of SA-''Stabschef''. Included are not only full-time active duty SA officers, but also Nazi Party officials, politicians and government functionaries who were awarded inactive honorary (''ehrenamtliche'') commissions as well. Röhm instituted this practice as a means to build bridges to the Party organization after a period of great tension between the SA and the Party organization. Most of these honorary appointments went to Party officials who had some previous connection with the SA, who were military veterans and who had been active in other paramilitary or '' völkisch'' organizations.

List of SA-''Obergruppenführer''

This table lists the SA-''Obergruppenführer'' by the date of appointment. The first promotions to the rank became effective in January 1933 and the last known promotions took place in November 1944. The table also notes their SA, government or Party post as of the appointment date and includes a comment on their ultimate fate.

See also

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* ''Obergruppenführer''
* ''Stabschef''

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