SS-Standartenführer

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SS-Standartenführer was a senior commissioned officer rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a colonel in traditional military hierarchies.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf SS rank
paramilitary rank
abolishedWith defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945
alignment Nazi ideology
associatedWith Nazi Party
war crimes and crimes against humanity
branch SS
commandLevel regimental level
commandResponsibility concentration camp administration units
military units
police units
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
equivalentTo Oberst
colonel
hierarchyPosition above SS-Obersturmbannführer
below SS-Oberführer
higherRank SS-Obersturmbannführer
historicalPeriod Nazi era
World War II
insigniaType collar patch
shoulder board
introducedBy Nazi Party
language German
literalMeaning standard leader
lowerRank SS-Oberführer
militaryRankClass field officer rank
notableHolder Adolf Eichmann
Joachim Peiper NERFINISHED
Karl Wolff NERFINISHED
Otto Skorzeny NERFINISHED
Walter Rauff NERFINISHED
organizationType Nazi paramilitary rank
partOf Schutzstaffel rank structure
rankGroup senior commissioned officer rank
regardedAs senior officer rank in SS hierarchy
relatedRank SA-Standartenführer
status defunct rank
timeInUse 1930s
1940s
typicalCommand SS-Standarte
usedBy Allgemeine SS
Schutzstaffel
Waffen-SS
usedIn Nazi paramilitary organizations
woreOnCollar three oak leaves insignia
woreOnShoulderBoard colonel-style shoulder boards
wornOn SS uniform

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Christian Wirth
Paul Blobel
militaryRank
SS-Obersturmbannführer
higherRank

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