Obergruppenführer
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Obergruppenführer was a paramilitary rank in Nazi Germany that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the Sturmabteilung and adopted by the Schutzstaffel one year later. Until April 1942, it was the h
Gottlob Berger, chief of the SS Main Office, wearing the post-April-1942 version of the SS-Obergruppenführer rank insignia
Gorget patch until April 1942 (Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS)
SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer
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SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer was the highest commissioned rank in the Schutzstaffel, under SS commander Heinrich Himmler as Reichsführer-SS. The rank is translated as "highest group leader". The rank was c
Obergruppenführer
…Gruppenführer. A similarly named rank of Untergruppenführer existed in the SA from 1929 to 1930 and as a title until 1933. In April 1942, the new rank of SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer was created which was above Obergruppenführer and below Reichsführer-SS. The rank of Obergruppenführer was created in 1932 by Ernst Röhm and was intended…
Sepp Dietrich, SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst of the Waffen-SS