Reichsführer-SS

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military rank position of authority title

Reichsführer-SS was the highest rank and title of the Schutzstaffel (SS) in Nazi Germany, most infamously held by Heinrich Himmler as head of the SS and a principal architect of the Holocaust.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Reichsführer-SS canonical 39
Reichsführung-SS 2
Reichsführer-SS office 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military rank ⓘ
position of authority ⓘ
title ⓘ
abolished 1945 ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Holocaust ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
branch SS ⓘ
Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
surface form: Schutzstaffel
category Holocaust perpetrators ⓘ
Nazi Party positions ⓘ
SS ranks ⓘ
controls Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
surface form: Allgemeine SS

Gestapo ⓘ
surface form: Gestapo (via SS and police leadership structures)

Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
surface form: Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) (through Himmler)

SS-Totenkopfverbände ⓘ
Sicherheitsdienst ⓘ
surface form: Sicherheitsdienst (SD)

Waffen-SS ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
elevatedToHighestRank 1934 ⓘ
equivalentRank Generaloberst (approximate) ⓘ
establishedAsTitle 1926 ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel highest rank in the SS ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
racist antisemitic ideology ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
literalMeaning Reich Leader of the SS ⓘ
mostInfamousHolder HeinrichHimmler ⓘ
surface form: Heinrich Himmler
notableOfficeHolder Erhard Heiden ⓘ
HeinrichHimmler ⓘ
surface form: Heinrich Himmler

HeinrichHimmler ⓘ
surface form: Heinrich Himmler (1900–1945)

Joseph Berchtold ⓘ
Julius Schreck ⓘ
Karl Hanke ⓘ
officeHolderCount 5 ⓘ
partOf Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
surface form: Schutzstaffel
rankGroup general officer rank ⓘ
responsibleFor coordination of Nazi security and police forces ⓘ
implementation of racial policies of Nazi Germany ⓘ
organization of concentration camp system ⓘ
oversight of Einsatzgruppen (through SS command) ⓘ
role chief of all SS organizations ⓘ
head of the SS ⓘ
key role in implementation of the Holocaust ⓘ
oversight of SS and police apparatus ⓘ
senior Nazi Party leadership position ⓘ
shortName RFSS ⓘ
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Führer and Reich Chancellor ⓘ
surface form: Führer of Nazi Germany
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
uniformInsignia special collar patches with oak leaves and SS runes ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HeinrichHimmler → militaryRank → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Heinrich Himmler
SS Security Service (SD) → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Schutzstaffel (SS) → leaderTitle → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Schutzstaffel
Waffen-SS → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Reich Main Security Office → subjectTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS Planning Office → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS Race and Settlement Main Office → parentOrganization → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichsführung-SS
Head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office (oversight) → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Margarete Himmler → spouse's position → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS-Obergruppenführer → higherRank → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Chief of the Reich Main Security Office → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS Main Economic and Administrative Office → parentOrganization → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichsführung-SS
German Ordnungspolizei → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS-Verfügungstruppe → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Higher SS and Police Leader in the Netherlands → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Inland-SD → reportedTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Ausland-SD → allegiance → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Amt I → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Amt II → underAuthorityOf → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichsführer-SS via RSHA chief
Amt III → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Amt VI → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Freundeskreis Reichsführer-SS → namedAfter → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Karl Hanke → positionHeld → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Karl Hanke → appointedAs → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS-Totenkopfverbände → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS Main Office for Race and Settlement → parentOrganization → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichsführer-SS office
RuSHA → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Aktion 14f13 → supervisedBy → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Higher SS and Police Leader East → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS and Police Leader Lublin command → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Chief of Staff of the Sturmabteilung → relatedOffice → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS state apparatus → controlledBy → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Gudrun → hasFatherOccupation → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Gudrun Himmler
RFSS → abbreviationOf → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Higher SS and Police Leader Adriatic Coast → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Higher SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Higher SS and Police Leader
WVHA → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Office Group A → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Orpo → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
Oberkommando der Waffen-SS → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS-Sonderkommandos → underCommandOf → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS brigade → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
SS and Police Leadership in occupied territories → subordinateTo → Reichsführer-SS ⓘ