SS-Obersturmbannführer

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Nazi Party rank Schutzstaffel rank paramilitary rank

SS-Obersturmbannführer was a mid- to senior-level paramilitary rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a lieutenant colonel.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi Party rank → Schutzstaffel rank → paramilitary rank →
abbreviation	Ostubaf →
abolishedWith	defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 →
approximateStartUse	1930s →
associatedOrganization	NSDAP →
associatedWithCrimesAgainstHumanity	yes →
branch	Schutzstaffel → paramilitary organization →
commandLevel	battalion-sized units → regimental staff positions →
countryOfOrigin	Nazi Germany →
genderRestriction	primarily male holders →
higherRank	SS-Standartenführer →
historicalContext	Holocaust perpetrators → Second World War →
ideologyAssociatedWith	National Socialism → Nazism →
languageOfName	German →
literalMeaning	senior assault unit leader →
lowerRank	SS-Sturmbannführer →
militaryEquivalence	lieutenant colonel →
notableHolderExample	Adolf Eichmann → Joachim Peiper → Otto Skorzeny →
organizationType	Nazi paramilitary organization →
partOf	SS rank structure → Schutzstaffel →
rankGroup	field officer rank →
rankLevel	mid-level → senior-level →
rankSystem	SS officer ranks →
serviceBranchContext	Allgemeine SS → Waffen-SS →
status	defunct rank →
timePeriod	1930s → 1940s →
uniformContext	black SS uniform → field-grey Waffen-SS uniform →
usedBy	Allgemeine SS → SS-Verfügungstruppe → Schutzstaffel → Waffen-SS →
woreInsigniaOn	collar patches → shoulder boards →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
SS-Standartenführer → SS-Sturmbannführer →	higherRank
Martin Luther (diplomat) → Rudolf Höss →	militaryRank