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 NERFINISHED
Nazi Party NERFINISHED
war crimes
category Nazi paramilitary ranks
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
equivalentTo Generalleutnant in the German Army
two-star general rank
heldBy Ernst Kaltenbrunner NERFINISHED
Friedrich Jeckeln NERFINISHED
Heinrich Himmler NERFINISHED
Jürgen Stroop NERFINISHED
Karl Wolff NERFINISHED
Odilo Globocnik NERFINISHED
Reinhard Heydrich NERFINISHED
Sepp Dietrich NERFINISHED
Theodor Eicke NERFINISHED
higherRankThan SS-Brigadeführer NERFINISHED
historicalContext World War II NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
rankGroup general officer
roughlyEquivalentTo major general
timePeriod Nazi era
usedByOrganization Ordnungspolizei NERFINISHED
Schutzstaffel NERFINISHED
usedFor command of SS formations
command of Waffen-SS divisions or corps
senior leadership positions in SS and police
usedInBranch Allgemeine SS NERFINISHED
Reichssicherheitshauptamt NERFINISHED
SS-Totenkopfverbände NERFINISHED
Sicherheitsdienst NERFINISHED
Waffen-SS NERFINISHED
wornOnUniformAs three oak leaves collar patch

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SS-Gruppenführer literalMeaning SS group leader