SS group leader

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SS group leader was a high-ranking paramilitary officer in Nazi Germany’s Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a major general.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi military rank
SS rank
paramilitary rank
abolishedInYear 1945
associatedWith Holocaust
Nazi Party
war crimes
category Nazi paramilitary ranks
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
equivalentTo Generalleutnant in the German Army
two-star general rank
heldBy Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Friedrich Jeckeln
Heinrich Himmler
linked to: HeinrichHimmler

Jürgen Stroop
Karl Wolff
Odilo Globocnik
Reinhard Heydrich
linked to: ReinhardHeydrich

Sepp Dietrich
Theodor Eicke
higherRankThan SS-Brigadeführer
historicalContext World War II
insigniaFeature SS runes on collar tab
silver piping
introducedInYear 1932
languageOfName German
literalMeaning SS group leader
lowerRankThan SS-Obergruppenführer
notableFor senior command authority in SS hierarchy
partOf SS officer rank system
Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
rankGroup general officer
roughlyEquivalentTo major general
timePeriod Nazi era
usedByOrganization Ordnungspolizei
Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
usedFor command of SS formations
command of Waffen-SS divisions or corps
senior leadership positions in SS and police
usedInBranch Allgemeine SS
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)

Reichssicherheitshauptamt
SS-Totenkopfverbände
Sicherheitsdienst
Waffen-SS
wornOnUniformAs three oak leaves collar patch

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SS-Gruppenführer literalMeaning SS group leader