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This register of SS leaders in general's rank includes the members of the Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS, in line with the appropriate SS seniority list (Dienstaltersliste der Waffen-SS) from July 1, 1944. It contains (incomplete) further SS Honour leaders (SS-Ehrenführer) and SS-Rank leaders for special duty (SS-Rangführer zur besonderen Verwendung), short for SS Honour – and rank leaders (SS-Ehren- und Rangführer).

List of SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer

SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer (literal: SS-Colonel group leader), short SS-Obstgruf, was from 1942 to 1945 the highest commissioned rank in the Schutzstaffel (SS), with the exception of Reichsführer-SS. SS-Obstgruf was comparable to four-star ranks in English speaking armed forces (today equivalent to NATO OF-9).

Rank insigniaGorget patches (Allgemeine-SS, Waffen-SS)Shoulder strap
(Waffen-SS)camouflage (Waffen-SS, Wehrmacht)Gorget patch (Ordnungspolizei 1942–1945)Shoulder strap (Ordnungspolizei, Sicherheitspolizei, Sicherheitsdienst)
Name Assignment Birth and death Comments
Kurt Daluege Chief of the Ordnungspolizei 1936–1943; Acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia 1942–1943 1897–1946 also: Generaloberst der Polizei (Colonel general of the police); executed
Josef Dietrich (also: Sepp Dietrich) Supreme commander 6th Panzer Army 1892–1966 also: Generaloberst der Waffen-SS (Colonel general of the Waffen-SS); briefly imprisoned
Paul Hausser (also: Papa Hausser) Supreme commander Army Group "Oberrhein" (Heeresgruppe "Oberrhein") 1880–1972 also: Generaloberst der Waffen-SS
Franz Xaver Schwarz Reichsschatzmeister der NSDAP (Reich Treasurer of the Nazi Party) 1875–1947 Held in an internment camp until his death in 1947

List of SS-Obergruppenführer

SS-Obergruppenführer (literal: SS-Senior group leader), short SS-Ogruf, was the second highest commissioned rank in the SS, comparable to three-star ranks in English speaking armed forces (today equivalent to NATO OF-8).

Rank insigniaGorget patch
(until April 1942
Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS)Gorget patches
(1942–1945
Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS)Shoulder board
(Waffen-SS)camouflage
(Waffen-SS, Wehrmacht)Gorget patch (Ordnungspolizei 1942–1945)Shoulder strap (Ordnungspolizei, Sicherheitspolizei, Sicherheitsdienst)
Name Assignment Birth and death Comments
Friedrich Alpers (also: Fritz Alpers) Generalforstmeister (General forest supervisor) and State Secretary in the Reichsforstamt (Reich Forestry Office) 1901–1944 suicide in 1944, while in US custody
Max Amann SS-Ehren- und Rangführer (SS Honour – and Rank leader); President, Reich Press Chamber; Reichsleiter (Reich Leader) for the Press 1891–1957 labour camp until 1953
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (also: Erich von dem Bach) Chef der Bandenkampfverbände (Chief of the "bandit" fighting formations) 1899–1972 also: General der Waffen-SS und General der Polizei (General of the Waffen-SS and General of the police); 1958–1972 imprisoned
Herbert Backe SS-Ehrenführer (SS Honour leader); Reichsminister für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (Reich Minister for Nutrition and Agriculture) 1942–1945; 1896–1947 suicide
Gottlob Berger Chief of the SS-Hauptamt (SS Main Office) 1939–1945 1896–1975 also: General der Waffen-SS (General of the Waffen-SS); until 1951 imprisoned
Theodor Berkelmann Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer (Higher SS- and police leader) Elbe (Saxony) 1938–1940; Rhein-Westmark 1940–1943; Wartheland 1943 1894–1943 also: General der Polizei (General of the police)
Werner Best Deputy of Reinhard Heydrich in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office); Reichsbevollmächtigter (Reich Plenipotentiary) in Denmark 1903–1989 imprisoned until 1951
Wilhelm Bittrich Commanding general II SS Panzer Corps 1894–1979 also: General der Waffen-SS; interned in Marseille 1948–1953
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter of the NSDAP Auslandsorganisation (Nazi Party Foreign Organisation) 1903–1960 imprisoned until 1949
Martin Bormann SS-Ehrenrang; head of the Nazi Party Chancellery from 1941; Adolf Hitler's Personal Secretary from 1943; 1900–1945 Died 1945, likely by suicide; remains of body were discovered in 1972, finally identified formally by means of DNA tests as those of Bormann in 1998.
Philipp Bouhler SS-Ehrenrang; Chief of Kanzlei des Führers (Hitler's Chancellery); Head of Aktion T4 1899–1945 suicide
Franz Breithaupt Chief Hauptamt SS-Gericht (SS Court Main Office) 1942–1945 1880–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS; murdered
Walter Buch SS-Ehrenrang; Chairman of the Supreme Party Court 1883–1949 suicide
Josef Bürckel Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS (Personal Staff Reichsführer SS) ; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) Reichsgau Vienna 1939–1940, Gau Westmark 1941–1944 1895–1944
Leonardo Conti Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; German/Swiss physician, Reichsärzteführer (Reich Health Leader); Aktion T4 participant 1900–1945 suicide
Richard Walther Darré SS-Ehrenrang; Chief SS-Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt (SS Race and Settlement Main Office) 1931–1938; Reichsminister of Nutrition and Agriculture 1933–1942; Reich Farmers Leader; Head of Reichsnährstand (Reich Nutrition Estate) 1895–1953 imprisoned until 1950
Karl Maria Demelhuber Commander in Chief Armed forces staff East Coast 1896–1988 also: General der Waffen-SS
Otto Dietrich SS-Ehrenrang; NSDAP Press Chief; Reich Press Chief; Vice-President, Reich Press Chamber 1897–1952 imprisoned until 1950
Karl von Eberstein (also: Friedrich Karl von Eberstein) Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Main (Northern Bavaria) 1938–1942; South (Southern Bavaria) 1938–1945 1894–1979 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt 1935–1937, Gau Halle-Merseburg 1937–1945; Oberpräsident of Halle-Merseburg Province 1884–1945 suicide
Theodor Eicke Commander SS Division Totenkopf 1939–1943 1892–1943 also: General der Waffen-SS; killed in action
August Eigruber SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Upper Danube 1907–1947 executed in Landsberg
Karl Fiehler SS-Ehrenrang; Lord Mayor of Munich; Reichsleiter for Municipal Policy 1895–1969 interned until 1949
Albert Forster SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Danzig 1902–1952 executed in Warsaw
August Frank Staff Oberkommando des Heeres 1898–1984 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; imprisoned until 1954
Karl Hermann Frank Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; State Secretary in Bohemia and Moravia; Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia 1898–1946 also: General der Polizei; executed in Prague
Herbert Gille (also: Herbert Otto Gille) Commanding general IV SS Panzer Corps 1897–1966 also: General der Waffen-SS
Curt von Gottberg Commanding general XII SS Army Corps 1896–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Ernst-Robert Grawitz Reich's physician of the SS- and police 1899–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Ulrich Greifelt Chief of Staff to the Stabshauptamt des Reichskommissars für die Festigung deutschen Volkstums (Main Staff Office of the Reich's Commissioner for Strengthening of the German Nationality) 1896–1949 also: General der Polizei; imprisoned until 1949
Arthur Greiser SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Wartheland 1897–1946 executed in Posen
Karl Gutenberger Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer West (Westphalia-North Rheinland) 1941–1945 1905–1961 also: General der Waffen; imprisoned until 1953
Karl Hanke SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Lower Silesia; last Reichsführer-SS 1903–1945 killed attempting escape
August Heissmeyer Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Spree (Berlin-Brandenburg); Chief SS-Hauptamt 1935–1939; Chief Hauptamt Dienststelle Heissmeyer (Main Office Division Heißmeyer) 1897–1979 also: General der Waffen-SS
Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff SS-Ehrenrang: General der Polizei; SA-Obergruppenführer; Police President of Potsdam (1933–1935) and Berlin (1935–1944) 1896–1944 involved in the 20 July Plot; executed in Plötzensee prison
Konrad Henlein SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Sudetenland 1898–1945 suicide
Maximilian von Herff Chief SS-Personalhauptamt (SS Personnel Main Office) 1942–1945 1893–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS; died in British captivity
Rudolf Hess SS-Ehrenrang; Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler; Reichsminister without Portfolio 1894–1987 imprisoned after Nuremberg trials until 1987; suicide
Reinhard Heydrich Chief Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) 1939–1942;
Oberster Befehlshaber der Sicherheitsdienst (SD);
Deputy Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia 1941–1942		 1904–1942 also: General der Polizei; assassinated in Prague
Friedrich Hildebrandt SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Mecklenburg and Reichsstatthalter Mecklenburg 1898–1948 executed in Landsberg
Richard Hildebrandt Chief SS-Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt 1943–1945; Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Rhein 1939; Weichsel (Danzig-West Prussia) 1939–1943; Black Sea 1943–1944; Southeast (Silesia) 1944–1945; Bohemia-Moravia (1945) 1897–1951 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed in Poland
Hermann Höfle Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Center (Hanover-Brunswick) 1943–1944; Slovakia 1944–1945 1898–1947 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed in Bratislava
Otto Hofmann Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Southwest (Baden-Württemberg) 1943–1945; Chief SS-Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt 1940–1943 1896–1982 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; imprisoned 1945–1954
Friedrich Jeckeln Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Center (Hanover-Brunswick) 1938–1940; West (Westphalia-North Rheinland) 1940–1941; Russia-South 1941; Russia-North 1941–1945 1889–1946 also: General der Polizei; executed in Riga
Hugo Jury Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Lower Danube 1887–1945 suicide
Hans Jüttner Chief SS-Führungshauptamt (SS Main Office) 1894–1965 also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned until 1950
Ernst Kaltenbrunner Chief Reichssicherheitshauptamt 1943–1945; Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Danube 1938–1943 1903–1946 also: General der Waffen-SS; executed after Nuremberg trials
Hans Kammler SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt, Chef Amt C (Bauwesen) SS Main Management – and Administration Office, Chief Office division C (Construction) 1901–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Jürgen von Kamptz Commander in Chief of the Ordnungspolizei in Italy 1891–1954 also: General der Polizei
Karl Kaufmann SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Gau Hamburg 1900–1966 imprisoned for short periods between 1948 and 1953
Georg Keppler Commanding general I SS Panzer Corps; III SS Panzer Corps; XVIII SS Army Corps 1894–1966 also: General der Waffen-SS; interned until 1948
Wilhelm Keppler SS-Ehrenrang; industrialist 1882–1960 also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned until 1951
Dietrich Klagges SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Ministerpräsident Free State Brunswick 1891–1971 imprisoned until 1957
Matthias Kleinheisterkamp Commanding general XI SS Army Corps 1893–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Kurt Knoblauch SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office division B 1885–1952 also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned1949–1951
Wilhelm Koppe Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Warthegau 1939–1943; East (General Government) 1943–1945; State Secretary for Security in the General Government 1896–1975 also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1960–1962
Paul Körner SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; State Secretary of Prussia and the Four Year Plan 1893–1957 imprisoned until 1951
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger Commanding general V SS Mountain Corps 1944–1945; Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer East (General Government) 1939–1943 1894–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Walter Krüger Commanding general VI SS Army Corps 1890–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Hans Heinrich Lammers SS-Ehrenrang; Chief of the German Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei); Reichsminister without Portfolio 1879–1962 imprisoned until 1951
Hartmann Lauterbacher SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; HJ-Stabsführer & Deputy Reichsjugendführer; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick; Oberpräsident Province of Hanover 1909–1988 interned until 1948; escaped
Werner Lorenz SS-Ehrenrang; Chief SS-Hauptamt (SS Main Office) 1891–1974 also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned until 1955
Benno Martin Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Main (Northern Bavaria) 1942–1945 1893–1975 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; interned until 1948; imprisonment 1953, absolved
Heinrich von Maur SS-Ehrenrang; Stab Upper Sector South West 1863–1947 also: General of the Artillery
Emil Mazuw Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Baltic Sea (Pomerania-Mecklenburg) 1900–1987 also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned until 1951
Wilhelm Murr SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern and Reichsstatthalter Württemberg 1888–1945 suicide
Konstantin von Neurath SS-Ehrenrang; Reichsminister for Foreign Affairs 1933–1938; President, Secret Cabinet Council; Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia 1939–1943 1873–1956 imprisoned after Nuremberg trials until 1954
Carl Oberg Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer France 1897–1965 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; imprisoned until 1962
Günther Pancke Chief SS-Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt 1938–1940; Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Center (Hanover-Brunswick) 1940–1943; Denmark 1943-1945 1899–1973 also: General der Polizei; imprisoned until 1953
Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch SS-Führungshauptamt; Commanding general in Hungary 1888–1971 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Artur Phleps Commanding general V SS Mountain Corps 1943–1944 1881–1944 also: General der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Oswald Pohl Chief SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt (SS Main Economic and Administrative Office) 1942–1945 1892–1951 also: General der Waffen-SS; executed in Landsberg
Hans-Adolf Prützmann Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer North Sea (Schleswig-Holstein; Weser-Ems) 1938–1941; Northeast (East Prussia) 1941; Russia-North 1941; Russia-South 1941–1943; Höchster SS- und Polizeiführer (Supreme SS and Police Leader) Ukraine 1943–1944; Inspector General Werwolf units 1944–1945 1901–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; suicide
Rudolf Querner Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer North Sea (Schleswig-Holstein; Weser-Ems) 1941–1943; Danube 1943–1944; Center (Hanover-Brunswick) 1944–1945 1893–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; suicide
Friedrich Rainer Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Salzburg 1938–1941, Reichsgau Carinthia 1941–1945 1903–1947 executed in Ljubljana
Hanns Albin Rauter Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Northwest (Netherlands) 1895–1949 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed
Wilhelm Rediess Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Northeast (East Prussia) 1938–1940; North (Norway) 1940–1945 1900–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; suicide
Wilhelm Reinhard Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS 1869–1955 also: General der Waffen-SS
Joachim von Ribbentrop SS-Ehrenrang; Reichsminister for Foreign Affairs 1933–1938 1893–1946 executed after Nuremberg trials
Erwin Rösener Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Rhein (Southern Rheinland-Saar)1940-1941; Alpenland 1941-1945 1902–1946 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed
Ernst Sachs Head of Telecommunications in Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS 1880–1956 also: General der Waffen-SS
Fritz Sauckel SS-Ehrenrang; General Plenipotentiary for Deployment of Labour; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Thuringia and Reichsstatthalter Thuringia 1894–1946 executed after Nuremberg trials
Paul Scharfe Chief SS Court Main Office 1933–1942; 1876–1942
Julius Schaub SS-Ehrenrang; Chief Personal Adjutant of Adolf Hitler 1898–1967 interned until 1949
Gustav Adolf Scheel Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Salzburg 1907–1979 interned until 1948
Fritz Schlessmann Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Deputy Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Essen 1899–1964 imprisoned until 1950
Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Southeast (Silesia) 1890–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; missing in action
Walter Schmitt Chief SS-Personalhauptamt (SS Personnel Main Office) 1939–1942; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS 1879–1945 also: General der Waffen-SS; executed in Dablice (Czchoslovakia)
Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS 1865–1939
Oskar Schwerk Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Country leader Reich's war veteran organisation (Reichs Kriegerbund) 1869–1950
Arthur Seyss-Inquart SS-Ehrenrang; Reichsstatthalter Austria; Reichskommissar Netherlands; Reichsminister without Portfolio 1892–1946 executed after Nuremberg trials
Felix Steiner Commanding general III SS Panzer Corps; Commanding general 11th SS Panzer Army 1896–1966 also: General der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm Stuckart SS-Ehrenrang; State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Interior 1902–1953
Siegfried Taubert Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS 1880–1946 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Fritz Wächtler SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Bavarian Eastern March 1891–1945 shot to death by SS for desertion
Karl Wahl SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Swabia and Regierungspräsident Swabia 1892–1981 imprisoned until 1949
Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Fulda-Werra (Hesse-Thuringia) 1896–1967 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; imprisoned until 1950
Paul Wegener SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Weser-Ems; Reichsstatthalter Oldenburg and Bremen 1904–1993 imprisoned until 1951
Fritz Weitzel Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer West (Westphalia-North Rheinland) 1938–1940 1904–1940
Otto Winkelmann Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Hungary 1894–1977 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; interned until 1948
Karl Wolff Chief Persönlicher Stabe Reichsführer SS; SS liaison officer to Führer HQ 1939–1943; Höchster SS- und Polizeiführer (Supreme SS and Police Leader) Italy 1943-1945 1900–1984 also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1945–1949 and 1964–1969
Udo von Woyrsch Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Elbe (Saxony) 1895–1983 imprisoned 1945–1952 and 1957–1960
Alfred Wünnenberg Commander of 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division 1941–1943; Chief Ordnungspolizei 1943–1945 1891–1963 also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; interned until 1947

List of SS-Gruppenführer

SS-Gruppenführer (literal: SS-Group leader), short SS-Gruf, was the third highest commissioned rank in the SS, comparable to two-star ranks in English speaking armed forces (today equivalent to NATO OF-7).

Rank insigniaGorget patch
until April 1942
(Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS)Gorget patches
1942–1945
(Allgemeine SS, Waffen-SS)Shoulder board
(Waffen-SS)camouflage
(Waffen-SS, Wehrmacht)Gorget patch (Ordnungspolizei 1942–1945)Shoulder board (Ordnungspolizei, Sicherheitspolizei, Sicherheitsdienst)
Name Assignment Birth and death Comments
Ludolf-Hermann von Alvensleben (also: Bubi von Alvensleben) Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer (Higher SS- and police leader) Elbe (Saxony) 1901–1970 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei (Lieutenant general of the Waffen-SS and of the Police)
Rūdolfs Bangerskis Latvian general and War ministry; Inspector general of the Latvian SS-Formations 1878–1958 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS (Lieutenant general of the Waffen-SS)
Georg-Henning Graf von Bassewitz-Behr Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer North Sea (North Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein) 1900–1949 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Hans Baur Commander flying squadron of the Führer 1897–1993 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Herbert Becker Head of Ordnungspolizei, General Government; Inspector General Ordnungspolizei Main Office 1887–1974 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Max von Behr SS-Commanding officer of Berlin 1879–1951 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Carl Blumenreuter Office Reich's physician of the SS and police, Master medical ordnance (Sanitäts-Feldzeugmeister) 1881–1969 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Adolf von Bomhard Head of the police in Reichskommissariat Ukraine 1891–1976 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Walter Braemer Nazi criminal responsible for mass murders of the civilian population 1883–1955 also: General of the Cavalry
Karl Brandt (also: Karl Jakob Heinrich Brenner) SS-Führungshauptamt (SS-Command and control main office) , physician of the euthanasia 1881–1948 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; executed
Karl Jakob Heinrich Brenner Commander police battle group Brenner (Polizei-Kampfgruppe Brenner); Commander 6th SS Mountain Division Nord 1895–1954 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Lothar Debes Commander in chief of the Waffen-SS Italy 1895–1960 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Hermann Fegelein SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office Division VI; Himmler's liaison officer in Führerbunker; Eva Braun brother-in-law 1906–1945 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; shot on Hitler's orders for attempted desertion
Josef Fitzthum Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Albania 1896–1945 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Alfred Freyberg Minister-President of Anhalt; Oberbürgermeister of Leipzig 1892–1945 suicide
Karl Gebhardt Office Reich's physician of the SS and Police, Head clinician 1897–1948 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; executed
Karl Genzken SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office Division D; physician 1895–1957 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1945–1954
Karl Gerland Gauleiter NSDAP Kurhessen 1905–1945
Odilo Globočnik Gauleiter NSDAP Vienna; SS- und Polizeiführer Lublin; Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Adriatic Coast 1904–1945 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; suicide
Richard Glücks SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt (SS-Management and administration main office), Chief office division D 1898–1945 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; suicide
József Grassy Commander 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian); 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian) 1894–1946 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; executed in Yugoslavia
Wilhelm Grimm Reichsleiter; Chairman of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Party Court 1889–1944 died in a car accident
Hans Haltermann SS- und Polizeiführer Kiev; Charkow; Mogilew 1898–1981 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Paul Hennicke Police President of Weimar; SS- und Polizeiführer Rostow-Awdejewka; Kiev 1883–1967 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Albert Hoffmann Gauleiter NSDAP Westphalia South 1907–1972
Leo von Jena Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS (Personal staff Reichsführer SS) 1876–1957 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Rudolf Jung Honorary Gauleiter 1882–1945 committed suicide in Czech captivity
Richard Jungclaus Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Belgium and Northern France 1905–1945 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; killed in action
Konstantin Kammerhofer Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Croatia 1899–1958 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Fritz Katzmann SS- und Polizeiführer Radom; Lemberg; Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Vistula, 1943–1945 1906–1957 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Kurt Kaul Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Southwest (Württemberg and Baden) 1890–1944 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; killed in action
Gerhard Klopfer State Secretary of the Party Chancellery; Wannsee Conference participant 1905–1987
Gerret Korsemann SS- und Polizeiführer Rowno; Rostov-Awdejewka 1895–1958 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; imprisoned 1947–1949
Wilhelm Kube SS-Ehrenführer; Gauleiter NSDAP Kurmark; Generalkommissar Belarus 1887–1943 discharged from the SS 11 March 1936; assassinated by a Soviet partisan in Minsk
Heinz Lammerding Chief of staff Supreme command Army Group Vistula (Heeresgruppe Weichsel) 1905–1971 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper SS-Ehrenführer; Gauleiter NSDAP Magdeburg-Anhalt; Reichsstatthalter Anhalt and Brunswick 1883–1935
Georg Lörner SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt, Chief Office division B 1899–1959 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1945–1954
Wilhelm Meinberg Reich Chairman of the Reichsnährstand; Executive in the Reichswerke Hermann Göring 1898–1973
Heinrich Müller Head of Amt-IV: Gestapo 1900–1945(?) missing, May 1945
Arthur Nebe Head of Amt-V: Kriminalpolizei; Commander in Chief Task Group B (Task groups Sicherheitspolizei and SD); 1894–1945 involved in the 20 July Plot; executed at Plötzensee Prison
Otto Ohlendorf Head of Amt-III: SD-Inland (Internal Intelligence); Commander in Chief Task Group D (Task groups Sicherheitspolizei and SD); 1907–1951 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; executed
Werner Ostendorff Chief of staff Supreme Command Army Group Upper Rhine 1903–1945 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Leo Petri SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office division III 1876–1961 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Hermann Priess Commanding general I SS Panzer Corps 1901–1985 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss Commander in Chief of the Waffen-SS Bohemia and Moravia 1886–1945 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Heinz Reinefarth Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Warthe, 1944 1903–1979 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Hans-Joachim Riecke SS-Ehrenführer; Reichskommissar of Schaumburg-Lippe; Staatsminister of Lippe 1899–1986
Alfred Rodenbücher Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Alpenland 1900–1980
Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig SS-Führungshauptamt 1899–1944 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; suicide
Walter Schimana Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Greece; Danube 1898–1946 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; suicide
Willy Schmelcher Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Warthe, 1945 1894–1974 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Fritz von Scholz Commander 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland" 1896–1944 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Otto Schumann (also: Heinrich Eduard Otto Schumann) Commander of the SS-Oberabschnitt West, in Düsseldorf 1886–1952 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Otto Schwab Commander Artillery School 1889–1959 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Siegfried Seidel-Dittmarsch Chief of SS-Amt and Fuhrungstabs 1887–1934
Max Simon Commanding general XIII SS Army Corps 1899–1961 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Jakob Sporrenberg Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Northeast (East Prussia); SS- und Polizeiführer Minsk; Lublin 1902–1952 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; sentenced to death
Walter Staudinger Higher artillery commander 6th Panzer Army 1898–1964 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Bruno Streckenbach Commander 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 1902–1977 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Jürgen Stroop Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Rhine-Westmark 1895–1952 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed
Karl von Fischer-Treuenfeld SS-Führungshauptamt, Inspection Insp.6; Commander 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" 1885–1946 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Harald Turner Deputy chief SS Race and Settlement Main Office 1891–1947 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS;
executed in Belgrade
Otto Wächter (also: Baron Otto Gustav von Wächter) Governor of the Kraków District and, later, the District of Galicia in the General Government 1901–1949 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Waldemar Wappenhans SS- und Polizeiführer Wolhynien-Brest-Litovsk; Nicolajew; Dnjepropetrowsk-Krivoi Rog 1893–1967 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Friedrich Weber Instructor in veterinary medicine at the University of Munich 1892–1955
Richard Wendler Governor of Lublin District in the General Government 1898–1972 also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Curt Wittje (also: Kurt Wittje) Member of the German Reichstag; Chief SS-Hauptamt (SS Main office) 1934–1935 1894–1947 discharged from the SS, November 12, 1938
Karl Zech Police President of Essen; SS- und Polizeiführer Kraków District 1892–1944 Expelled from the SS and committed suicide.

List of SS-Brigadeführer

SS-Brigadeführer (literal: SS-Brigade leader), short SS-Brif, was the lowest general rank in the SS, comparable to one-star ranks in English speaking armed forces (today equivalent to NATO OF-6).

Rank insigniaGorget patch
until April 1942
(Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS)Gorget patches
1942–1945
(Allgemeine SS, Waffen-SS)Shoulder board
(Waffen-SS)camouflage
(Waffen-SS, Wehrmacht)Gorget patch (Ordnungspolizei 1942–1945)Shoulder board (Ordnungspolizei, Sicherheitspolizei, Sicherheitsdienst)
Name Assignment Birth and death Remark
Heinrich Otto Abetz German ambassador to Vichy France during World War II 1903–1958 also: convicted war criminal, imprisoned until 1954
Franz Augsberger 20th Waffen-SS Grenadier Division 1905–1945 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS (Major general of the Waffen-SS); killed in action
Werner Ballauff Commander SS-Waffen-Junker-School Braunschweig 1890–1973 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Hellmuth Becker Commander 3rd SS-Panzer Division Totenkopf 1902–1953 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; executed in the Soviet Union for war crimes
Walther Bierkamp Commander of SiPo and SD: Düsseldorf, Belgium & northern France, General Government, Südwest; Commander of Einsatzgruppe D; Acting Higher SS and Police Leader, "Südost" 1901–1945 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; suicide
Wilhelm Börger Ministerial Director in the Reich Ministry of Labor; Trustee of Labor in Rhine Province 1896–1962
Herbert Böttcher SS- und Polizeiführer "Radom;" Police Director, Memel; Police President, Kassel 1907–1950 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; hanged in Radom for war crimes
Andreas Bolek Honorary Gauleiter; SD Main Office; Police President, Magdeburg 1894–1945 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; suicide
Curt Brasack IV SS Panzer Corps, artillery-commander also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Karl Burk Commander 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 1898–1963 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Friedrich Karl Dermietzel Army physician 6th Panzer Army 1899–1981 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Christoph Diehm SS- und Polizeiführer "Shitomir;" "Lemberg;" "Kattowitz" 1892–1960 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Gustav Diesterweg Commander SS-Waffen-Technische Lehranstalt (SS Weapon technical training centre) 1875–19?? also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Werner Dörffler-Schuband SS-Führungshauptamt (SS Main Command and Control Office), Chef Amt XI (Chief Office division XI)
Hans Döring SS- und Polizeiführer "Stalino-Donezgebeit" 1901–1970 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; Hauptsturmführer der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm von Dufais Chief communications
Ernst Otto Fick SS-Hauptamt (SS Main Office), Inspector W.E. 1898–1945 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Richard Fiedler SS- und Polizeiführer "Montenegro" 1908–1974 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; Hauptsturmführer der Waffen-SS
Fritz Freitag Commander 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 1894–1945 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und der Polizei (Major general of the Waffen-SS and of the police); suicide
Heinrich Gärtner SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office division VIII 1889–1963 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Paul Otto Geibel SS- und Polizeiführer "Warsaw" 1898–1966 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; convicted of war crimes and committed suicide in a Polish prison.
Werner Gerlach SS-Ehrenrang (SS Honour Rank); Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS (Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS) 1891–1963
Bruno Goedicke SS-Commanding officer of Vienna
Walter Granzow Minister-president of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; president of the Deutsche Rentenbank 1887–1952
Ludwig Grauert State Secretary in the Prussian and Reich Ministry of the Interior 1891–1964
Wilhelm Günther SS- und Polizeiführer "Bergvolker-Ordshonikidse," "Ronow;" Commander of SiPo and SD in Trieste 1899–1945 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; declared dead at the end of the war
Leopold Gutterer State Secretary, Propaganda Ministry; Vice-President, Reich Chamber of Culture 1902–1996
Hermann Haertel Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt (Race- and Settlement Main Office)
Desiderius Hampel Commander 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar" 1895–1981 Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Peter Hansen Artillery commander 1896–1967
Hermann Harm SS- und Polizeiführer "Dnjepropetrovsk-Kriwoi Rog;" "Litauen" 1894–1985 also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Heinz Harmel Commander 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" 1906–2000 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Ernst Hartmann SS- und Polizeiführer "Tschernigow;" "Shitomir;" "Pripet;" "Wolhynien-Luzk" 1897–1945 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; died of cancer May 1945
Max Henze Police President in Kassel, Bromberg, Danzig and Essen 1899–1951 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; hanged in Bydgoszcz for war crimes
Karl Herrmann collocated to Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer (Higher SS- and police leader) Adriatic Coast
Kurt Hintze SS- und Polizeiführer "Litauen" 1901–1944 also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Alfred Karrasch Commander SS Training Area Bohemia also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Adolf Katz Politician (NSDAP); Chief Constable 1899–1980 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm Keilhaus SS-Führungshauptamt, Inspector Intelligence and Chief Communications 1898–1977 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Hubert Klausner Gauleiter NSDAP and Landeshauptmann Carinthia 1892–1939 died of a stroke
Gottfried Klingemann Reichssicherheitshauptamt 1884–1953 discharged from the Waffen-SS May 31, 1944
Fritz Kraemer Commander 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" 1900–1959 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Hans Krebs Honorary Gauleiter and a Regierungspräsident in Reichsgau Sudetenland 1888–1947 Executed for treason in Czechoslovakia
Gustav Krukenberg Inspector of the French Waffen-SS Voluntary formations 1888–1980 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Christian Peter Kryssing III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps 1891–1976 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; Dane
Wilhelm Küper Inspector General of food service
Otto Kumm Commander 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen"; Commander 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" 1909–2004 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Franz Kutschera Deputy and Acting Gauleiter NSDAP Carinthia; SS- und Polizeiführer "Mogilev;" "Warsaw" 1904–1944 assassinated in Warsaw
Gustav Lombard Commander 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer" 1895–1992 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Johann-Erasmus Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau SS- und Polizeigebietkommandeur "Istrien;" Police President: Frankfurt am Oder, Posen, Halle 1895–1956 imprisoned seven years in Poland
Günther Merk SS- und Polizeiführer "Charkow;" Commander of Ordnungspolizei in Krakau 1888–1947 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; executed by firing squad in the Soviet Union
Kurt Meyer Commander 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" 1910–1961 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm Mohnke Commander 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"; Commander of the government quarter for the Battle in Berlin 1911–2001 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Hinrich Möller Police Chief of Neumünster; Police Director of Flensburg; SS and Police Leader, "Estland" 1906–1974 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; imprisoned for murder
Kurt-Peter Müller Corps physician V SS Mountain Corps 1894–1993 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Erich Naumann Commander, Einsatzgruppen VI & B; SiPo & SD Commander, Netherlands 1905–1951 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; hanged at Landsberg prison for war crimes
Werner Naumann State Secretary, Propaganda Ministry; Vice President, Reich Chamber of Culture 1909–1982
Walther Neblich Commander SS-Automotive training center
Walther Oberhaidacher Gauleiter of Styria; Police President of Bochum and Dresden 1896–1945 also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Karl von Oberkamp SS-Führungshauptamt, Inspector In2 and In6 1893–1947 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; hanged in Belgrade for war crimes
Hans Plesch Police President of Munich, 1943–1945 1905–1985 also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Ernst Rode Chief of staff to the Chef Bandenkampfverbände (Chief of formations to break up bands) 1894–1955 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Bruno Rothardt Corps physician II SS Panzer Corps
Ludwig Ruckdeschel Deputy and Acting Gauleiter NSDAP Bayreuth 1907–1986
Joachim Rumohr Commander 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer" 1910–1945 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; suicide
Karl Schäfer SS- und Polizeiführer "Weissruthenien;" "Dnjepropetrowsk-Krivoi-Rog" 1892–1943 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; killed in action
Walther Schellenberg Head of Amt-VI: SD-Ausland (Foreign Intelligence) 1910–1952 also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Fritz Schmedes Commander 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division 1894–1952 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
August Schmidhuber Commander 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Skanderbeg" 1901–1947 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; hanged in Belgrade for war crimes
Eberhard Schöngarth (also: Karl Eberhard Schöngarth) Commander of Einsatzgruppe z.b.V.; SiPo and SD Commander in the General Government and the Netherlands; Acting Higher SS and Police Leader, "Nordwest" 1903–1946 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; hanged in Germany for war crimes
Otto Schottenheim Staff SS-Oberabschnitt (SS Supreme Sector) Main burgomaster of Regensburg 1890–1980
Walther Schröder Police President of Lübeck (1933–1945); SS and Police Leader, "Lettland;" "Estland" 1902–1973 also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Franz Schwarz Staff SS-Oberabschnitt South 1899–1960
Hans Schwedler SS- und Polizeiführer "Krakau;" Inspector of SS-Totenkopfstandarten; SS-Führungshauptamt 1878–1945 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; suicide.
Franz Six (also: Franz Alfred Six) Reichssicherheitshauptamt; Head of Amt-VII: Ideological Research and Evaluation 1909–1975 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; imprisoned
Johannes Soodla Estonian Legion 1897–1965
Ludwig Steeg Oberbürgermeister and Stadtpräsident (City President) of Berlin 1894 – 1945
Karl Taus SS- und Polizeiführer "Görz" 1893–1977
Willy Tensfeld SS- und Polizeiführer "Charkow;" "Stalino-Donezgebeit;" "Oberitalien-West" 1893–1982 also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Theobald Thier SS- und Polizeiführer "Kuban;" "Kerch-Taman;" "Lemberg;" "Kraków" 1897–1949 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; sentenced to death in Kraków for war crimes
Fritz Tittmann SS- und Polizeiführer "Nikolajew;" SS-Plenipotentiary for Volksdeutsche issues 1898–1945 Died in unclear circumstances in April 1945
August-Willhelm Trabandt Commander 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Horst Wessel" 1891–1968 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Friedrich Tscharmann SS-Führungshauptamt 1871–1945 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Herbert-Ernst Vahl SS-Führungshauptamt, Inspector of SS Armoured troops 1896–1944 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; died in a car accident
Anton Vogler SS-Commanding officer of Munich 1882–1961
Bernhard Voss SS-Führungshauptamt
Jürgen Wagner Commander 4th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Brigade "Nederland" 1901–1947 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; executed by firing squad in Belgrade for war crimes
Theodor Wisch Commander 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" 1907–1995 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Fritz Witt Commander 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" 1908–1944 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Gustav Adolf von Wulffen (also: Gustav-Adolf von Wulffen) Stab Reichsführer-SS; Commander Infantry-Division "Potsdam" 1878–1945 also: Generalmajor der Wehrmacht; killed in action
Lucian Wysocki Police President of Oberhausen; Mülheim an der Ruhr; Duisburg; Kassel; SS- und Polizeiführer "Generalbezirk Litauen" 1899–1964 also: Generalmajor der Polizei
August Zehender Commander 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia 1903–1945 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Carl Zenner Police President of Aachen; SS- und Polizeiführer "Weissruthenien" 1899–1969 also: Generalmajor der Polizei; convicted war criminal
Joachim Ziegler Commander 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland" 1904–1945 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Paul Zimmermann SS- und Polizeiführer "Nikolajew" 1895–1980 also: Generalmajor der Polizei

See also

Sources

  • Andreas Schulz, Günter Wegmann, Dieter Zinke: Die Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei 1933–1945. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 2003 ff., ISBN 3-7648-2528-6. (in 6 volumes).
  • Wolfgang Graf: Österreichische SS-Generale, Himmlers verlässliche Vasallen. Hermagoras-Verlag, Klagenfurt / Ljubljana / Wien 2012, ISBN 978-3-7086-0578-4
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