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).

Rank insignia
Shoulder strap
(Waffen-SS)
camouflage (Waffen-SS, Wehrmacht)
Gorget patch (Ordnungspolizei 1942–1945)
Shoulder strap (Ordnungspolizei, Sicherheitspolizei, Sicherheitsdienst)
Name Assignment Birth and death Comments
Kurt Daluege Chief of the Ordnungspolizei 1936-1943; Acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia 1942 - 1943 1897 – 1946also: Generaloberst der Polizei (Colonel general of the police); executed
Josef Dietrich (also: Sepp Dietrich) Supreme commander 6th Panzer Army 1892 – 1966also: Generaloberst der Waffen-SS (Colonel general of the Waffen-SS)
Paul Hausser (also: Papa Hausser) Supreme commander Army Group "Oberrhein" (Heeresgruppe "Oberrhein") 1880 – 1972also: Generaloberst der Waffen-SS
Franz Xaver Schwarz Reichsschatzmeister der NSDAP (Reich Treasurer of the Nazi Party) 1875 – 1947in internment camp until 1947

List of SS-Obergruppenführer

SS-Obergruppenführer (literal: SS-Senior group leader), short SS-Ogruf, was the second highest commissioned rank in the SS, comparable to three-star ranks in English speaking armed forces (today equivalent to NATO OF-8).

Rank insignia
Gorget patch
(until April 1942
Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS)
Gorget patches
(1942–1945
Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS)
Shoulder board
(Waffen-SS)
camouflage
(Waffen-SS, Wehrmacht)
Gorget patch (Ordnungspolizei 1942–1945)
Shoulder strap (Ordnungspolizei, Sicherheitspolizei, Sicherheitsdienst)
Name Assignment Birth and death Comments
Friedrich Alpers (also: Fritz Alpers) Generalforstmeister (General forest supervisor) and State Secretary in the Reichsforstamt (Reich's forest office) 1901–1944suicide in 1944, while in US custody
Max Amann SS-Ehren- und Rangführer (SS Honour – and Rank leader); Reich Press Chamber President; Reichsleiter (Reich Leader) for the Press1891–1957labour camp until 1953
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (also: Erich von dem Bach) Chef der Bandenkampfverbände (Chief of the "bandit" fighting formations) 1899–1972also: General der Waffen-SS und General der Polizei (General of the Waffen-SS and General of the police); 1958–1972 imprisoned
Herbert Backe SS-Ehrenführer (SS Honour leader); Reichsminister für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (Reich Minister for Nutrition and Agriculture) 1942 - 19451896–1947suicide
Gottlob Berger Chief of the SS-Hauptamt (SS Main office) 1939 - 19451896–1975also: General der Waffen-SS (General of the Waffen-SS); until 1951 imprisoned
Theodor Berkelmann Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer (Higher SS- and police leader) in the Reichsgau Wartheland 1894–1943also: General der Polizei (General of the police)
Werner Best Deputy of Reinhard Heydrich in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Main Security Office) ; Reichsbevollmächtigter (plenipotentiary) in Denmark1903–1989imprisoned until 1951
Wilhelm Bittrich Commanding general II SS Panzer Corps1894–1979also: General der Waffen-SS; interned in Marseille 1948–1953
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter of the NSDAP Auslandsorganisation (Nazi Party Foreign Organisation) 1903–1960imprisoned until 1949
Martin Bormann SS-Ehrenrang; head of the Nazi Party Chancellery from 1941; Adolf Hitler's private secretary; Reichsminister without Portfolio1900–1945Died 1945, likely by suicide; remains of body were discovered in 1972, finally identified formally by means of DNA tests as those of Bormann in 1998.
Philipp Bouhler SS-Ehrenrang; Chief of Kanzlei des Führers (Hitler's Chancellery)1899–1945suicide
Franz Breithaupt Chief Hauptamt SS-Gericht (Main Office SS-Court)1880–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; murdered
Walter Buch SS-Ehrenrang; Chairman of the Highest Party Court1883–1949suicide
Josef Bürckel Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS (Personal Staff Reichsführer SS) ; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) Vienna 1939 - 1940, Westmark 1941 - 19441895–1944
Leonardo Conti Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; German / Swiss physician, Reich's health leader1900–1945suicide
Richard Walther Darré SS-Ehrenrang; Chief Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt (Race - and Settlement Main Office); Reichsminister of Nutrition and Agriculture 1933 - 1942; Reich Farmers Leader1895–1953imprisoned until 1950
Karl Maria Demelhuber Commander in Chief Armed forces staff East Coast1896–1988also: General der Waffen-SS
Otto Dietrich SS-Ehrenrang; NSDAP Press Chief; Reich Press Chief1897–1952imprisoned until 1950
Karl von Eberstein (also: Friedrich Karl von Eberstein) Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer South1894–1979also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP Magdeburg-Anhalt 1935 - 1937, Halle-Merseburg 1937 - 19451884–1945suicide
Theodor Eicke Commander SS Division Totenkopf1892–1943also: General der Waffen-SS; killed in action
August Eigruber SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Upper Danube1907–1947executed in Landsberg
Karl Fiehler SS-Ehrenrang; Lord Mayor of Munich; Reichsleiter for Municipal Policy1895–1969interned until 1949
Albert Forster SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Danzig1902–1952executed in Warsaw
August Frank Staff Oberkommando des Heeres1898–1984also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; imprisoned until 1954
Karl Hermann Frank Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Bohemia and Moravia; State Secretary for Bohemia and Moravia; Reichsminister for Bohemia and Moravia1898–1946also: General der Polizei; executed in Prague
Herbert Gille (also: Herbert Otto Gille) Commanding general IV SS Panzer Corps1897–1966also: General der Waffen-SS
Curt von Gottberg Commanding general XII SS Army Corps1896–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Ernst-Robert Grawitz Reich's physician of the SS- and police1899–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Ulrich Greifelt Chief of Staff to the Stabshauptamt des Reichskommissars für die Festigung deutschen Volkstums (Main Staff Office of the Reich's Commissioner for Strengthening of the German Nationality)1896–1949also: General der Polizei; imprisoned until 1949
Arthur Greiser SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Wartheland1897–1946executed in Posen
Karl Gutenberger Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer West1905–1961also: General der Waffen; imprisoned until 1953
Karl Hanke SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP Lower Silesia; last Reichsführer-SS 1903–1945killed attempting escape
August Heissmeyer Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Spree; Chief SS-Hauptamt 1935 - 1939; Chief Hauptamt Dienststelle Heissmeyer (Main Office Division Heißmeyer)1897–1979also: General der Waffen-SS
Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff SS-Ehrenrang; Chief Constable of Potsdam, later Berlin1896–1944contacts to resistance circles, executed in Berlin-Plötzensee
Konrad Henlein SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Sudetenland1898–1945suicide
Maximilian von Herff Chief SS-Personalhauptamt (SS Main Recruitment Office)1893–1945also: General der Waffen-SS
Rudolf Hess SS-Ehrenrang; Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler; Reichsminister without Portfolio1894–1987imprisoned after Nuremberg trials until 1987; suicide
Reinhard Heydrich Chief Reichssicherheitshauptamt 1939-1942
Oberster Befehlshaber der Sicherheitsdienst
Acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia 1941 - 1942
1904–1942also: General der Polizei; assassinated in Prague
Friedrich Hildebrandt SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Mecklenburg1898–1948executed in Landsberg
Richard Hildebrandt Chief Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt1897–1952also: General der Waffen-SS; executed in Poland
Hermann Höfle Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Slovakia1898–1947also: General Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed in Bratislava
Otto Hofmann Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer South West; Chief SS-Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt1896–1982also: General der Polizei; imprisoned 1945–1954
Friedrich Jeckeln Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Ostland, Ukraine1889–1946also: General der Polizei; executed in Riga
Hugo JuryPersönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Lower Danube1887–1945suicide
Hans Jüttner Chief SS-Führungshauptamt (SS Main Office)1894–1965also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned until 1950
Ernst Kaltenbrunner Chief Reichssicherheitshauptamt 1943-19451903–1946also: General der Waffen-SS; executed after Nuremberg trials
Hans Kammler SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt, Chef Amt C (Bauwesen) SS Main Management – and Administration Office, Chief Office division C (Construction) 1901–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Jürgen von Kamptz Commander in Chief of the Ordnungspolizei in Italy1891–1954also: General der Polizei
Karl Kaufmann SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Hamburg1900–1966imprisoned for short periods between 1948 and 1953
Georg Keppler acting on behalf of the Commanding general III SS Panzer Corps 1894–1966also: General der Waffen-SS; interned until 1948
Wilhelm KepplerSS-Ehrenrang; industrialist1882–1960also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned until 1951
Dietrich Klagges SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Ministerpräsident Free State Brunswick1891–1971imprisoned until 1957
Matthias Kleinheisterkamp Commanding general XI SS Army Corps1893–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Kurt Knoblauch SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office division B1885–1952also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned1949–1951
Wilhelm Koppe Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer East1896–1975also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1960–1962
Paul Körner SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Undersecretary in Prussia1893–1957imprisoned until 1951
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger Commanding general V SS Mountain Corps; Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer East 1894–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Walter Krüger Commanding general VI SS Army Corps 1890–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Hans Heinrich Lammers SS-Ehrenrang; Chief of the German Reich Chancellery; Reichsminister without Portfolio (Reichskanzlei)1879–1962imprisoned until 1951
Hartmann Lauterbacher SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Deputy Reich Youth Leader (Reichjugendführer); Gauleiter NSDAP South Hanover – Brunswick1909–1988interned until 1947
Werner Lorenz SS-Ehrenrang; Chief SS-Hauptamt (SS Main Office) 1891–1974also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned until 1955
Benno Martin Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Main 1893–1975also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; interned until 1948; imprisonment 1953, absolved
Heinrich von Maur SS-Ehrenrang; Stab Upper Sector South West1863–1947also: General of the Artillery
Emil Mazuw Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Baltic Sea1900–1987also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned until 1951
Wilhelm Murr SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Württemberg;1888–1945suicide
Konstantin von Neurath SS-Ehrenrang; Reichsminister for Foreign Affairs 1933 - 1938; Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia 1939 - 19431873–1956imprisoned after Nuremberg trials until 1954
Carl Oberg Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Paris1897–1965also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; imprisoned until 1962
Günther Pancke Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Danmark1899–1973also: General der Polizei; imprisoned until 1953
Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch SS-Führungshauptamt; Commanding general in Hungary1888–1971also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Artur Phleps Commanding general V SS Mountain Corps1881–1944also: General der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Oswald Pohl Chief SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt1892–1951also: General der Waffen-SS; executed in Landsberg
Hans-Adolf Prützmann Höchster SS- und Polizeiführer Ukraine, Ostland; Inspector General Werwolf units1901–1945also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; suicide
Rudolf Querner Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Centre1893–1945also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; suicide
Friedrich Rainer Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Salzburg 1938 - 1941, Carinthia 1941 - 19451903–1947executed in Ljubljana
Hanns Albin Rauter Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer North East1895–1949also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed
Wilhelm Rediess Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer East Prussia1900–1949also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Wilhelm Reinhard Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS1869–1955also: General der Waffen-SS
Joachim von Ribbentrop SS-Ehrenrang; Reichsminister for Foreign Affairs 1933 - 19381893–1946executed after Nuremberg trials
Erwin Rösener Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Alpes Country1902–1946also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed
Ernst Sachs Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS1880–1956also: General der Waffen-SS
Fritz Sauckel SS-Ehrenrang; General Plenipotentiary for Deployment of Labour; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Thuringia1894–1946executed after Nuremberg trials
Paul Scharfe Chief SS Court Main Office; Temporary Chief Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt1876–1942
Julius Schaub SS-Ehrenrang; Chief Personal Adjutant of Adolf Hitler1898–1967interned until 1949
Gustav Adolf Scheel Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Salzburg1907–1979interned until 1948
Fritz Schlessmann Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Deputy Gauleiter NSDAP Essen1899–1964imprisoned until 1950
Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Lower Silesia1890–1945also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; missing in action
Walter Schmitt (SS general) Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS1879–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; executed in Dablice (Czchoslovakia)
Oskar Schwerk Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Country leader Reich's war veteran organisation (Reichs Kriegerbund)1869–1950
Arthur Seyss-Inquart SS-Ehrenrang; Reichsstatthalter Austria; Reichskommissar Netherlands; Reichsminister without Portfolio1892–1946executed after Nuremberg trials
Felix Steiner III SS Panzer Corps1896–1966also: General der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm Stuckart SS-Ehrenrang; Undersecretary in the Reich Ministry of Interior1902–1953
Siegfried Taubert (SS general) Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS1880–1946also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Fritz Wächtler SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP Bavarian East Mark1891–1945shot to death by SS for desertion
Karl Wahl SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Regierungspräsident Swabia1892–1981imprisoned until 1949
Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Fulda-Werra1896–1967also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; imprisoned until 1950
Paul Wegener SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP Weser-Ems; Reichsstatthalter Oldenburg and Bremen1904–1993imprisoned until 1951
Fritz Weitzel Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer West, leader North1904–1940
Otto Winkelmann (SS general) Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Hungary1894–1977also: General der Waffen-SS; interned until 1948
Karl Wolff Chief Persönlicher Stabe Reichsführer SS; Höchster SS- und Polizeiführer Italien 1900–1984also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1945–1949 and 1964–1969
Udo von Woyrsch Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Elbe1895–1983imprisoned 1945–1952 and 1957–1960
Alfred Wünnenberg Commander of a Police Division; Chief Ordnungspolizei 1943-19451891–1963also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; interned until 1947

List of SS-Gruppenführer

SS-Gruppenführer (literal: SS-Group leader), short SS-Gruf, was the third highest commissioned rank in the SS, comparable to two-star ranks in English speaking armed forces (today equivalent to NATO OF-7.

Rank insignia
Gorget patch
until April 1942
(Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS)
Gorget patches
1942–1945
(Allgemeine SS, Waffen-SS)
Shoulder board
(Waffen-SS)
camouflage
(Waffen-SS, Wehrmacht)
Gorget patch (Ordnungspolizei 1942–1945)
Shoulder board (Ordnungspolizei, Sicherheitspolizei, Sicherheitsdienst)
Name Assignment Birth and death Comments
Ludolf-Hermann von Alvensleben (also: Bubi von Alvensleben) Höherer SS- und Parteiführer "Elbe" (Higher SS- and police leader) 1901–1970also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei (Lieutenant general of the Waffen-SS and of the Police)
Rūdolfs Bangerskis Latvian general and War ministry; Inspector general of the Latvian SS-Formations 1878–1958also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS (Lieutenant general of the Waffen-SS)
Georg-Henning von Bassewitz-Behr Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer region North Sea1900–1949also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Hans Baur Commander flying squadron of the Führer1897–1993also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Herbert Becker Higher SS and Police Leader General Government1887-1974also: general inspector at the main office of the Order Police (Ordnungspolizei)
Max von Behr SS-Commanding officer of Berlin1879–1951also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Carl Blumenreuter Office Reich's physician of the SS and police, Master medical ordnance (Sanitäts-Feldzeugmeister) 1881–1969also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Adolf von Bomhard Head of the police in Reichskommissariat Ukraine 1891–1976also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Walter Braemer Nazi criminal responsible for mass murders of the civilian population 1883–1955also: General of the Cavalry
Karl Brandt (also: Karl Jakob Heinrich Brenner) SS-Führungshauptamt (SS-Command and control main office) , physician of the euthanasia 1881–1948also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; executed
Karl Jakob Heinrich Brenner Commander police battle group Brenne (Polizei-Kampfgruppe Brenner) 1895–1954also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Lothar Debes Commander in chief of the Waffen-SS Italy1895–1960also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Hermann Fegelein SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office Division VI1906–1945also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Josef Fitzthum Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Albania1896–1945also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Karl Gebhardt Office Reich's physician of the SS and Police, Head clinician1897–1948also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; executed
Karl Genzken SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office Division D; physician1895–1957also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1945–1954
Karl Gerland Gauleiter NSDAP Kurhessen1905-1945
Odilo Globočnik Gauleiter NSDAP Vienna; Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Adriatic Coast1904-1945also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Richard Glücks SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt (SS-Management and administration main office), Chief office division D 1898–1945also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
József Grassy Commander 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Hunyadi" 1894–1946also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Albert Hoffmann Gauleiter NSDAP Westphalia South1907-1972
Leo von Jena Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS (Personal staff Reichsführer SS) 1876–1957also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Fritz Katzmann Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Vistula1906–1957also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Wilhelm Kube SS-Ehrenführer; Gauleiter NSDAP Kurmark; Generalkommissar Belarus1887-1943discharged from the SS 11 March 1936; assassinated
Heinz Lammerding Chief of staff Supreme command Army Group Vistula (Heeresgruppe Weichsel)1905–1971also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper SS-Ehrenführer; Gauleiter NSDAP Magdeburg-Anhalt; Reichsstatthalter Anhalt and Brunswick1883-1935
Georg Lörner SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt, Chief Office division B1899–1959also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1945–1954
Otto Ohlendorf Head of Amt-III: SD-Inland (Internal Intelligence); Commander in Chief Task Group D (Task groups Sicherheitspolizei and SD);1907–1951also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; executed
Werner Ostendorff Chief of staff Supreme Command Army Group Upper Rhine1903–1945also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Leo Petri SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office division III1876–1961also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Hermann Priess Commanding general I SS Panzer Corps1901–1985also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Carl Friedrich von Pückler-BurghaussCommander in Chief of the Waffen-SS Bohemia and Moravia1886–1945also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Heinz Reinefarth Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Warthe1903–1979also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Hans-Joachim Riecke SS-Ehrenführer; Reichskommissar of Schaumburg-Lippe; Staatsminister of Lippe1899-1986
Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig SS-Führungshauptamt1899–1944also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; suicide
Walter Schimana Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer in Greece and Vine1898–1946also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; suicide
Fritz von Scholz Commander 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland"1896–1944also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Otto Schumann (also: Heinrich Eduard Otto Schumann) Commander of the SS-Oberabschnitt West, in Düsseldorf 1886-1952 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Otto Schwab Commander Artillery School1889–1959also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Max Simon Commanding general XIII SS Army Corps1899–1961also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Jakob Sporrenberg Higher Police Leader in Minsk, Belarus and Lublin, Poland1902-1952also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; sentenced to death
Walter Staudinger Higher artillery commander 6th Panzer Army1898–1964also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Bruno Streckenbach Commander 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 1902–1977also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Jürgen Stroop Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Rhine West Mark1895–1952also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed
Karl von Fischer-Treuenfeld SS-Führungshauptamt, Inspection Insp.6; Commander 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg"1885–1946also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Harald Turner Deputy chief SS-Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt (SS-Race- and settlement main office)1891–1947
Otto Wächter (also: Baron Otto Gustav von Wächter) Governor of the district of Kraków in the General Government1901–1949also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Friedrich Weber Instructor in veterinary medicine at the University of Munich1892–1955
Richard Wendler Governor of new District Lublin in the General Government1898–1972also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Curt Wittje (also: Kurt Wittje) Member of the German Reichstag; Chief SS-Hauptamt (SS Main office) 1934 - 19351894–1947discharged from the SS, November 12, 1938

List of SS-Brigadeführer

SS-Brigadeführer (literal: SS-Brigade leader), short SS-Brif, was the lowest general rank in the SS, comparable to one-star ranks in English speaking armed forces (today equivalent to NATO OF-6).

Rank insignia
Gorget patch
until April 1942
(Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS)
Gorget patches
1942–1945
(Allgemeine SS, Waffen-SS)
Shoulder board
(Waffen-SS)
camouflage
(Waffen-SS, Wehrmacht)
Gorget patch (Ordnungspolizei 1942–1945)
Shoulder board (Ordnungspolizei, Sicherheitspolizei, Sicherheitsdienst)
Name Assignment Birth and death Remark
Heinrich Otto Abetz German ambassador to Vichy France during World War II1903–1958also: convicted war criminal
Franz Augsberger 20th Waffen-SS Grenadier Division 1905–1945 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS (Major general of the Waffen-SS); killed in action
Werner Ballauff Commander SS-Waffen-Junker-School Braunschweig1890–1973also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Hellmuth Becker Commander 3rd SS-Panzer Division Totenkopf1902–1953also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Curt Brasack IV SS Panzer Corps, artillery-commanderalso: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Karl Burk Commander 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS1898–1963also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Friedrich Karl Dermietzel Army physician 6th Panzer Army1899–1981also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Christoph Diehm Member of the German Reichstag; SS-Hauptamt (SS Main Office)1892–1960also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Gustav Diesterweg Commander SS-Waffen-Technische Lehranstalt (SS Weapon technical training centre)1875–19??also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Werner Dörffler-Schuband SS-Führungshauptamt (SS Main Command and Control Office), Chef Amt XI (Chief Office division XI)
Wilhelm von Dufais Chief communications
Ernst Otto Fick SS-Hauptamt (SS Main Office), Inspector W.E.1898–1945also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Fritz Freitag Commander 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 1894–1945also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und der Polizei (Major general of the Waffen-SS and of the police); suicide
Heinrich Gärtner SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office division VIII1889–1963 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Werner Gerlach SS-Ehrenrang (SS Honour Rank); Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS (Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS) 1891–1963
Bruno Goedicke SS-Commanding officer of Vienna
Hermann Haertel Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt (Race- and Settlement Main Office)
Desiderius Hampel Commander 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar"1895–1981Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Peter Hansen Artillery commander1896–1967
Heinz Harmel Commander 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg"1906–2000also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Karl Herrmann collocated to Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer (Higher SS- and police leader) Adriatic Coast
Alfred Karrasch Commander SS Training Area Bohemiaalso: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Adolf Katz Politician (NSDAP); Chief Constable1899–1980also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm Keilhaus SS-Führungshauptamt, Inspector Intelligence and Chief Communications1898–1977also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Hubert Klausner Gauleiter NSDAP and Landeshauptmann Carinthia1892-1939died of a stroke
Gottfried Klingemann Reichssicherheitshauptamt1884–1953discharged from the Waffen-SS May 31, 1944
Fritz Kraemer Commander 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend"1900–1959also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Gustav Krukenberg Inspector of the French Waffen-SS Voluntary formations1888–1980also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Christian Peter Kryssing III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps1891–1976also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; Dane
Wilhelm Küper Inspector General of food service
Otto Kumm Commander 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen"; Commander 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"1909–2004also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Franz Kutschera Deputy and Acting Gauleiter NSDAP Carinthia; SS- und Polizeiführer Mogilev, Warsaw 1904-1944assassinated in Warsaw
Gustav Lombard Commander 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer"1895–1992also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Kurt Meyer Commander 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" 1910–1961also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm Mohnke Commander 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler";Commander of the government quarter for the Battle in Berlin1911–2001also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Kurt-Peter Müller Corps physician V SS Mountain Corps1894–1993also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Walther Neblich Commander SS-Automotive training center
Karl von Oberkamp SS-Führungshauptamt, Inspector In2 and In61893–1947also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Ernst Rode Chief of staff to the Chef Bandenkampfverbände (Chief of formations to break up bands) 1894–1955also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Bruno Rothardt Corps physician II SS Panzer Corps
Ludwig Ruckdeschel Deputy and Acting Gauleiter NSDAP Bayreuth1907-1986
Joachim Rumohr Commander 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer"1910–1945also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; suicide
Walther Schellenberg Head of Amt-VI: SD-Ausland (Foreign Intelligence)1910-1952also: Generalmajor of Polizei
Fritz Schmedes Commander 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division1894–1952also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
August Schmidhuber Commander 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Skanderbeg"1901–1947also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; executed
Otto Schottenheim Staff SS-Oberabschnitt (SS Supreme Sector) Main burgomaster of Regensburg1890–1980
Franz Schwarz Staff SS-Oberabschnitt South1899–1960
Hans Schwedler SS-Führungshauptamt
Franz Six (also: Franz Alfred Six) Reichssicherheitshauptamt1909–1975also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Johannes Soodla Estonian Legion1897–1965
August-Willhelm Trabandt Commander 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Horst Wessel"1891–1968also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Friedrich Tscharmann SS-Führungshauptamt1871–1945also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Herbert-Ernst Vahl SS-Führungshauptamt, Inspection SS Armoured troops1896–1944also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Anton Vogler SS-Commanding officer of Munich1882–19??
Bernhard Voss SS-Führungshauptamt
Jürgen Wagner Commander 4th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Brigade "Nederland"1901–1947also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; executed
Theodor Wisch Commander 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" 1907–1995also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Fritz Witt Commander 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend"1908–1944also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Gustav Adolf von Wulffen (also: Gustav-Adolf von Wulffen) Stab Reichsführer-SS; Commander Infantry-Division "Potsdam"1878–1945also: Generalmajor
August Zehender Commander 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia1903–1945also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; suicide
Joachim Ziegler Commander 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland"1904–1945also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; killed in action

See also

Sources

  • Andreas Schulz, Günter Wegmann, Dieter Zinke: Die Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei 1933–1945. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 2003 ff., ISBN 3-7648-2528-6. (in 6 volumes).
    • Volume 1: A–G (Abraham–Gutenberger), Bissendorf 2003, ISBN 3-7648-2373-9
    • Volume 2: H–K (Hachtel–Kutschera), Bissendorf 2005, ISBN 3-7648-2592-8
    • Volume 3: LA–PL (Lammerding–Plesch), Bissendorf 2008, ISBN 3-7648-2375-5
    • Volume 4: PO–SCHI (Podzun–Schimana), Bissendorf 2009, ISBN 3-7648-2587-1
    • Volume 5: SCHL–T (Schlake–Turner), Bissendorf 2011, ISBN 3-7648-3209-6
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