Bundesarchiv Bild 192-044, KZ Mauthausen, SS-Mann

''Mann'' ( en, "man" or "male"), was a paramilitary rank used by several

Nazi 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 t ...

paramilitary organizations between 1925 and 1945. The rank is most often associated with the ''

Schutzstaffel The ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS; also stylized as ''ᛋᛋ'' with Armanen runes; ; "Protection Squadron") was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe d ...

'' (''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 (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and unoccupied lands. The grew from th ...

), 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

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 ''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 ...

, Vollanwärter'', were established in the mid-1930s as a recruit or candidate position, held by an individual seeking an appointment as a ''Mann'' in a Nazi Party paramilitary organization.

Insignia

SS Mannschaften.jpg, SS-Mann (Allgemeine SS) & SS-Schütze (Waffen-SS), shoulder strap File:SS-Mann, SS-Schuetze, SS-Oberschuetze collar.svg, SS-Mann/ SS-Schütze, collar patch (1940-1945) File:SA-Mann.svg, SA Gorget patches File:RBL-Luftschutztruppmann.svg, RBL collar patch
(Luftschutztruppmann) File:NSFK-Mann.svg,

NSFK The National Socialist Flyers Corps (german: Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps; NSFK) was a paramilitary aviation organization of the Nazi Party. History NSFK was founded 15 April 1937 as a successor to the German Air Sports Association; the ...

Gorget patch File:NSKK-Mann.svg, NSKK Gorget patch File:NSKK-Mann.svg, '' Volkssturmmann'' ( Volkssturm) File:NSKK-Mann.svg,

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Gorget patch
(Arbeitsmann) File:TN-Mann.svg, TeNo shoulder strap File:PSP-Postschutzmann.svg, Postschutz Gorget patch
(Postschutzmann)

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