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    new rank of SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer was created which was above Obergruppenführer and below Reichsführer-SS. The rank of Obergruppenführer was created...
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    Reichsgau Sudetenland and an SS-Obergruppenführer. Rudolf Hess (not to be confused with Rudolf Höß) – Reichsleiter, SS-Obergruppenführer and Deputy Führer to...
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    list his final rank as Obergruppenführer. Corps colours (Waffen-SS) List SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS Sndyer, Louis (1994)...
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    conference, called by the director of the Reich Security Main Office SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, was to ensure the co-operation of administrative...
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  • May 1943 – 30 October 1944) SS-Obergruppenführer Georg Keppler (30 October 1944 – 4 February 1945) SS-Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (4...
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    Europe. Under the direction of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler and the supervision of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, the Einsatzgruppen operated...
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  • Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    1945) was an SS-Obergruppenführer during World War II. He commanded the SS Division Totenkopf, SS Division Nord, SS Division Das Reich, III SS Panzer Corps...
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    an Obergruppenführer in the SS who was also a police general would be referred to as Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei (Obergruppenführer and...
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    Reichsjugendführer Baldur von Schirach and an SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Meinberg, Reich Chairman of the Reichsnährstand and an SS-Gruppenführer who would become the...
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    Reinhard Heydrich (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    its headquarters were transferred to Berlin. He was promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei on 24 September 1941. In 1936, Heydrich learned...
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    Arthur Greiser (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    Greiser (22 January 1897 – 21 July 1946) was a Nazi German politician, SS-Obergruppenführer, Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) of the German-occupied...
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    officers from the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT), of whom many had already seen action in Poland. The division was commanded by SS-Obergruppenführer Theodor Eicke...
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    Wilhelm Bittrich (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    as SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS, and commanding general of the II. SS-Panzerkorps Swords on 6 May 1945 as SS-Obergruppenführer and...
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    Felix Steiner (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    Waffen-SS 1 January 1942 promoted SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS 1 July 1943 promoted SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Awards...
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    Wilhelm Koppe (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    2 July 1975) was a German Nazi commander (Höhere SS und Polizeiführer (HSSPF), SS-Obergruppenführer). He was responsible for numerous atrocities against...
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  • Inspectorate) Lateral senior commands SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Koppe SS-Oberführer Julian Scherner The camp...
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  • Rank insignia SS-Obergruppenführer (literal: SS-Senior group leader), short SS-Ogruf, was the second highest commissioned rank in the SS, comparable to...
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  • who later joined the SS and became its Chief of Telecommunications with the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS during the Second World...
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    Ernst Kaltenbrunner (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    Generalleutnant der Polizei – 1 April 1941 SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei – 21 June 1943 General der Waffen-SS und Polizei – 1 December 1944 Awards...
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    Karl Maria Demelhuber (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    German SS functionary during the Nazi era. Reaching the rank of Obergruppenführer (general) in the Waffen-SS during World War II, he commanded the SS-Standarte...
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  • the U.S. Army on 8 May 1945. SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser (1 June 1942 – 28 June 1944) SS-Gruppen- / Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich (10 July /...
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    Leonardo Conti (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    August 1900 – 6 October 1945) was the Reich Health Leader and an SS-Obergruppenführer in Nazi Germany. He was involved in the planning and execution of...
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  • 1945. SS-Obergruppenführer Alfred Wünnenberg (5 August 1943 - 23 October 1943) SS-Obergruppenführer Walter Krüger (23 October 1943 - 1 July 1944) SS-Obergruppenführer...
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  • Reichsführer-SS and Oberster Führer der SS; however, there was no Waffen-SS equivalent to these positions. Remarks SS-Bewerber (SS-applicant) and SS-Anwärter (SS-aspirant)...
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    Werner Best (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    (10 July 1903 – 23 June 1989) was a German jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer, Nazi Party leader, and theoretician from Darmstadt. He was the first...
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    Arthur Seyss-Inquart (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    Netherlands. He was a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer. He instituted a reign of terror, with Dutch civilians...
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    Friedrich Jeckeln (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    was put in charge of SS group South. In 1936, he was appointed SS and Police Leader and later promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer. Jeckeln was known for...
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    offices as the Concentration Camps Inspectorate and SS camp guards. In June 1939 SS-Obergruppenführer Oswald Pohl became chief of both the Verwaltung und...
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    Kurt Daluege (category SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer)
    Heinrich Himmler to SS-Obergruppenführer, with Daluege the SS leader of northern Germany while Himmler controlled the southern SS units out of Munich...
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  • SS-Obergruppenführer (en: SS-Senior group leader)”. Until castration of the SA in summer 1934 the designation of that particular rank in the SS was SS-Sturmhauptführer...
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