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 insignia
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 1897–1946also: Generaloberst der Polizei (Colonel general of the police); executed
Josef Dietrich (also: Sepp Dietrich) Supreme commander 6th Panzer Army 1892–1966also: Generaloberst der Waffen-SS (Colonel general of the Waffen-SS); briefly imprisoned
Paul Hausser (also: Papa Hausser) Supreme commander Army Group "Oberrhein" (Heeresgruppe "Oberrhein") 1880–1972also: Generaloberst der Waffen-SS
Franz Xaver Schwarz Reichsschatzmeister der NSDAP (Reich Treasurer of the Nazi Party) 1875–1947in internment camp until 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 insignia
Gorget 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) 1901–1944suicide 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 Press1891–1957labour camp until 1953
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (also: Erich von dem Bach) Chef der Bandenkampfverbände (Chief of the "bandit" fighting formations) 1899–1972also: 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;1896–1947suicide
Gottlob Berger Chief of the SS-Hauptamt (SS Main Office) 1939–19451896–1975also: 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 19431894–1943also: General der Polizei (General of the police)
Werner Best Deputy of Reinhard Heydrich in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office) ; Reichsbevollmächtigter (Reich Plenipotentiary) in Denmark1903–1989imprisoned until 1951
Wilhelm Bittrich Commanding general II SS Panzer Corps1894–1979also: General der Waffen-SS; interned in Marseille 1948–1953
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter of the NSDAP Auslandsorganisation (Nazi Party Foreign Organisation) 1903–1960imprisoned until 1949
Martin Bormann SS-Ehrenrang; head of the Nazi Party Chancellery from 1941; Adolf Hitler's Personal Secretary from 1943;1900–1945Died 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 T41899–1945suicide
Franz Breithaupt Chief Hauptamt SS-Gericht (SS Court Main Office) 1942-19451880–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; murdered
Walter Buch SS-Ehrenrang; Chairman of the Supreme Party Court1883–1949suicide
Josef Bürckel Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS (Personal Staff Reichsführer SS) ; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) Reichsgau Vienna 1939 - 1940, Gau Westmark 1941 - 19441895–1944
Leonardo Conti Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; German/Swiss physician, Reichsärzteführer (Reich Health Leader); Aktion T4 participant1900–1945suicide
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)1895–1953imprisoned until 1950
Karl Maria Demelhuber Commander in Chief Armed forces staff East Coast1896–1988also: General der Waffen-SS
Otto Dietrich SS-Ehrenrang; NSDAP Press Chief; Reich Press Chief; Vice-President, Reich Press Chamber1897–1952imprisoned until 1950
Karl von Eberstein (also: Friedrich Karl von Eberstein) Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Main (Northern Bavaria) 1938-1942; South (Southern Bavaria) 1938-19451894–1979also: 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 Province1884–1945suicide
Theodor Eicke Commander SS Division Totenkopf 1939-19431892–1943also: General der Waffen-SS; killed in action
August Eigruber SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Upper Danube1907–1947executed in Landsberg
Karl Fiehler SS-Ehrenrang; Lord Mayor of Munich; Reichsleiter for Municipal Policy1895–1969interned until 1949
Albert Forster SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Danzig1902–1952executed in Warsaw
August Frank Staff Oberkommando des Heeres1898–1984also: 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 Moravia1898–1946also: General der Polizei; executed in Prague
Herbert Gille (also: Herbert Otto Gille) Commanding general IV SS Panzer Corps1897–1966also: General der Waffen-SS
Curt von Gottberg Commanding general XII SS Army Corps1896–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Ernst-Robert Grawitz Reich's physician of the SS- and police1899–1945also: 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)1896–1949also: General der Polizei; imprisoned until 1949
Arthur Greiser SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Wartheland1897–1946executed in Posen
Karl Gutenberger Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer West (Westphalia-North Rheinland) 1941-19451905–1961also: General der Waffen; imprisoned until 1953
Karl Hanke SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Lower Silesia; last Reichsführer-SS 1903–1945killed attempting escape
August Heissmeyer Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Spree (Berlin-Brandenburg); Chief SS-Hauptamt 1935–1939; Chief Hauptamt Dienststelle Heissmeyer (Main Office Division Heißmeyer)1897–1979also: 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)1896–1944involved in the 20 July Plot; executed in Plötzensee prison
Konrad Henlein SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Sudetenland1898–1945suicide
Maximilian von Herff Chief SS-Personalhauptamt (SS Personnel Main Office) 1942–19451893–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; died in British captivity
Rudolf Hess SS-Ehrenrang; Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler; Reichsminister without Portfolio1894–1987imprisoned 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
1904–1942also: General der Polizei; assassinated in Prague
Friedrich Hildebrandt SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Mecklenburg and Reichsstatthalter Mecklenburg1898–1948executed 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)1897–1951also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed in Poland
Hermann Höfle Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Center (Hanover-Brunswick) 1943-1944; Slovakia 1944-19451898–1947also: 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 1940-19431896–1982also: General 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 1941-19451889–1946also: General der Polizei; executed in Riga
Hugo JuryPersönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Lower Danube1887–1945suicide
Hans Jüttner Chief SS-Führungshauptamt (SS Main Office)1894–1965also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned until 1950
Ernst Kaltenbrunner Chief Reichssicherheitshauptamt 1943–1945; Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Danube 1938-19431903–1946also: 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) 1901–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Jürgen von Kamptz Commander in Chief of the Ordnungspolizei in Italy1891–1954also: General der Polizei
Karl Kaufmann SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Gau Hamburg1900–1966imprisoned for short periods between 1948 and 1953
Georg KepplerCommanding general I SS Panzer Corps; III SS Panzer Corps; XVIII SS Army Corps 1894–1966also: General der Waffen-SS; interned until 1948
Wilhelm KepplerSS-Ehrenrang; industrialist1882–1960also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned until 1951
Dietrich Klagges SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Ministerpräsident Free State Brunswick1891–1971imprisoned until 1957
Matthias Kleinheisterkamp Commanding general XI SS Army Corps1893–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Kurt Knoblauch SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office division B1885–1952also: 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 Government1896–1975also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1960–1962
Paul Körner SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; State Secretary of Prussia and the Four Year Plan1893–1957imprisoned until 1951
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger Commanding general V SS Mountain Corps 1944-1945; Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer East (General Government) 1939-19431894–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Walter Krüger Commanding general VI SS Army Corps 1890–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; suicide
Hans Heinrich Lammers SS-Ehrenrang; Chief of the German Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei); Reichsminister without Portfolio1879–1962imprisoned until 1951
Hartmann Lauterbacher SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; HJ-Stabsführer & Deputy Reichsjugendführer; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick; Oberpräsident Province of Hanover1909–1988interned until 1948; escaped
Werner Lorenz SS-Ehrenrang; Chief SS-Hauptamt (SS Main Office) 1891–1974also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned until 1955
Benno Martin Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Main (Northern Bavaria) 1942-19451893–1975also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; interned until 1948; imprisonment 1953, absolved
Heinrich von Maur SS-Ehrenrang; Stab Upper Sector South West1863–1947also: General of the Artillery
Emil Mazuw Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Baltic Sea (Pomerania-Mecklenburg)1900–1987also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned until 1951
Wilhelm Murr SS-Ehrenrang; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern and Reichsstatthalter Württemberg1888–1945suicide
Konstantin von Neurath SS-Ehrenrang; Reichsminister for Foreign Affairs 1933–1938; President, Secret Cabinet Council; Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia 1939–19431873–1956imprisoned after Nuremberg trials until 1954
Carl Oberg Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer France1897–1965also: 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 1943-19451899–1973also: General der Polizei; imprisoned until 1953
Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch SS-Führungshauptamt; Commanding general in Hungary1888–1971also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Artur Phleps Commanding general V SS Mountain Corps 1943-19441881–1944also: General der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Oswald Pohl Chief SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt (SS Main Economic and Administrative Office) 1942-19451892–1951also: 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 1944-19451901–1945also: 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) 1944-19451893–1945also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; suicide
Friedrich Rainer Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Salzburg 1938–1941, Reichsgau Carinthia 1941–19451903–1947executed in Ljubljana
Hanns Albin Rauter Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Northwest (Netherlands)1895–1949also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed
Wilhelm Rediess Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Northeast (East Prussia) 1938-1940; North (Norway) 1940-19451900–1945also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; suicide
Wilhelm Reinhard Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS1869–1955also: General der Waffen-SS
Joachim von Ribbentrop SS-Ehrenrang; Reichsminister for Foreign Affairs 1933 - 19381893–1946executed after Nuremberg trials
Erwin Rösener Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Rhein (Southern Rheinland-Saar)1940-1941; Alpenland 1941-19451902–1946also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed
Ernst Sachs Head of Telecommunications in Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS1880–1956also: General der Waffen-SS
Fritz Sauckel SS-Ehrenrang; General Plenipotentiary for Deployment of Labour; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Thuringia and Reichsstatthalter Thuringia1894–1946executed after Nuremberg trials
Paul Scharfe Chief SS Court Main Office 1933-1942;1876–1942
Julius Schaub SS-Ehrenrang; Chief Personal Adjutant of Adolf Hitler1898–1967interned until 1949
Gustav Adolf Scheel Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Gauleiter NSDAP and Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Salzburg1907–1979interned until 1948
Fritz Schlessmann Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Deputy Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Essen1899–1964imprisoned until 1950
Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Southeast (Silesia)1890–1945also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; missing in action
Walter Schmitt Chief SS-Personalhauptamt (SS Personnel Main Office) 1939–1942; Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS1879–1945also: General der Waffen-SS; executed in Dablice (Czchoslovakia)
Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS1865-1939
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 Portfolio1892–1946executed after Nuremberg trials
Felix Steiner Commanding general III SS Panzer Corps; Commanding general 11th SS Panzer Army1896–1966also: General der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm Stuckart SS-Ehrenrang; State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Interior1902–1953
Siegfried Taubert Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS1880–1946also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Fritz Wächtler SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Bavarian Eastern March1891–1945shot to death by SS for desertion
Karl Wahl SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Swabia and Regierungspräsident Swabia1892–1981imprisoned until 1949
Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Fulda-Werra (Hesse-Thuringia)1896–1967also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; imprisoned until 1950
Paul Wegener SS-Ehrenrang; Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Weser-Ems; Reichsstatthalter Oldenburg and Bremen1904–1993imprisoned until 1951
Fritz Weitzel Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer West (Westphalia-North Rheinland) 1938-19401904–1940
Otto Winkelmann Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Hungary1894–1977also: 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 1900–1984also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1945–1949 and 1964–1969
Udo von Woyrsch Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Elbe (Saxony)1895–1983imprisoned 1945–1952 and 1957–1960
Alfred Wünnenberg Commander of 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division 1941-1943; Chief Ordnungspolizei 1943-19451891–1963also: 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 insignia
Gorget 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) 1901–1970also: 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 1878–1958also: 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)1900–1949also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Hans Baur Commander flying squadron of the Führer1897–1993also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Herbert Becker Head of Ordnungspolizei, General Government; Inspector General Ordnungspolizei Main Office1887–1974also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Max von Behr SS-Commanding officer of Berlin1879–1951also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Carl Blumenreuter Office Reich's physician of the SS and police, Master medical ordnance (Sanitäts-Feldzeugmeister) 1881–1969also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Adolf von Bomhard Head of the police in Reichskommissariat Ukraine 1891–1976also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Walter Braemer Nazi criminal responsible for mass murders of the civilian population 1883–1955also: General of the Cavalry
Karl Brandt (also: Karl Jakob Heinrich Brenner) SS-Führungshauptamt (SS-Command and control main office) , physician of the euthanasia 1881–1948also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; executed
Karl Jakob Heinrich Brenner Commander police battle group Brenner (Polizei-Kampfgruppe Brenner); Commander 6th SS Mountain Division Nord1895–1954also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Lothar Debes Commander in chief of the Waffen-SS Italy1895–1960also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Hermann Fegelein SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office Division VI; Himmler's liaison officer in Führerbunker; Eva Braun brother-in-law1906–1945also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; shot on Hitler's orders for attempted desertion
Josef Fitzthum Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Albania1896–1945also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Alfred Freyberg Minister-President of Anhalt; Oberbürgermeister of Leipzig1892–1945suicide
Karl Gebhardt Office Reich's physician of the SS and Police, Head clinician1897–1948also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; executed
Karl Genzken SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office Division D; physician1895–1957also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1945–1954
Karl Gerland Gauleiter NSDAP Kurhessen1905–1945
Odilo Globočnik Gauleiter NSDAP Vienna; SS- und Polizeiführer Lublin; Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Adriatic Coast1904–1945also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; suicide
Richard Glücks SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt (SS-Management and administration main office), Chief office division D 1898–1945also: 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)1894–1946also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; executed in Yugoslavia
Wilhelm Grimm Reichsleiter; Chairman of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Party Court1889–1944died in a car accident
Hans Haltermann SS- und Polizeiführer Kiev; Charkow; Mogilew1898–1981also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Paul Hennicke Police President of Weimar; SS- und Polizeiführer Rostow-Awdejewka; Kiev1883–1967also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Albert Hoffmann Gauleiter NSDAP Westphalia South1907–1972
Leo von Jena Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS (Personal staff Reichsführer SS) 1876–1957also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Rudolf Jung Honorary Gauleiter1882–1945committed suicide in Czech captivity
Richard Jungclaus Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Belgium and Northern France1905-1945also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; killed in action
Konstantin Kammerhofer Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Croatia1899-1958also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Fritz Katzmann SS- und Polizeiführer Radom; Lemberg; Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Vistula, 1943–19451906–1957also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Kurt Kaul Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Southwest (Württemberg and Baden)1890-1944also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; killed in action
Gerret Korsemann SS- und Polizeiführer Rowno; Rostov-Awdejewka1895–1958also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; imprisoned 1947–1949
Wilhelm Kube SS-Ehrenführer; Gauleiter NSDAP Kurmark; Generalkommissar Belarus1887–1943discharged 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) 1905–1971also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper SS-Ehrenführer; Gauleiter NSDAP Magdeburg-Anhalt; Reichsstatthalter Anhalt and Brunswick1883–1935
Georg Lörner SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt, Chief Office division B1899–1959also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1945–1954
Wilhelm Meinberg Reich Chairman of the Reichsnährstand; Executive in the Reichswerke Hermann Göring1898–1973
Heinrich Müller Head of Amt-IV: Gestapo1900–1945(?)missing, May 1945
Arthur Nebe Head of Amt-V: Kriminalpolizei; Commander in Chief Task Group B (Task groups Sicherheitspolizei and SD);1894–1945involved 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);1907–1951also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; executed
Werner Ostendorff Chief of staff Supreme Command Army Group Upper Rhine1903–1945also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Leo Petri SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office division III1876–1961also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Hermann Priess Commanding general I SS Panzer Corps1901–1985also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Carl Friedrich von Pückler-BurghaussCommander in Chief of the Waffen-SS Bohemia and Moravia1886–1945also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Heinz Reinefarth Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Warthe, 19441903–1979also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Hans-Joachim Riecke SS-Ehrenführer; Reichskommissar of Schaumburg-Lippe; Staatsminister of Lippe1899–1986
Alfred Rodenbücher Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Alpenland1900–1980
Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig SS-Führungshauptamt1899–1944also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; suicide
Walter Schimana Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Greece; Danube1898–1946also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; suicide
Willy Schmelcher Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Warthe, 19451894–1974also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Fritz von Scholz Commander 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland"1896–1944also: 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 School1889–1959also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Siegfried Seidel-Dittmarsch Chief of SS-Amt and Fuhrungstabs1887–1934
Max Simon Commanding general XIII SS Army Corps1899–1961also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Jakob Sporrenberg Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Northeast (East Prussia); SS- und Polizeiführer Minsk; Lublin1902–1952also: Generalleutnant der Polizei; sentenced to death
Walter Staudinger Higher artillery commander 6th Panzer Army1898–1964also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Bruno Streckenbach Commander 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 1902–1977also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Jürgen Stroop Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Rhine-Westmark1895–1952also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; executed
Karl von Fischer-Treuenfeld SS-Führungshauptamt, Inspection Insp.6; Commander 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg"1885–1946also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Harald Turner Deputy chief SS Race and Settlement Main Office1891–1947also: 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 Government1901–1949also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Waldemar Wappenhans SS- und Polizeiführer Wolhynien-Brest-Litovsk; Nicolajew; Dnjepropetrowsk-Krivoi Rog1893–1967also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Friedrich Weber Instructor in veterinary medicine at the University of Munich1892–1955
Richard Wendler Governor of Lublin District in the General Government1898–1972also: Generalleutnant der Polizei
Curt Wittje (also: Kurt Wittje) Member of the German Reichstag; Chief SS-Hauptamt (SS Main office) 1934–19351894–1947discharged from the SS, November 12, 1938
Karl Zech Police President of Essen; SS- und Polizeiführer Kraków District1892–1944Expelled 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 insignia
Gorget 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 II1903–1958also: convicted war criminal
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 Braunschweig1890–1973also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Hellmuth Becker Commander 3rd SS-Panzer Division Totenkopf1902–1953also: 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"1901–1945also: Generalmajor der Polizei; suicide
Wilhelm Börger Ministerial Director in the Reich Ministry of Labor; Trustee of Labor in Rhine Province1896–1962
Herbert Böttcher SS- und Polizeiführer "Radom;" Police Director, Memel; Police President, Kassel1907–1950also: Generalmajor der Polizei; hanged in Radom for war crimes
Curt Brasack IV SS Panzer Corps, artillery-commanderalso: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Karl Burk Commander 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS1898–1963also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Friedrich Karl Dermietzel Army physician 6th Panzer Army1899–1981also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Christoph Diehm SS- und Polizeiführer "Shitomir;" "Lemberg;" "Kattowitz"1892–1960also: 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"1901–1970also: Generalmajor der Polizei; Hauptsturmführer der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm von Dufais Chief communications
Ernst Otto Fick SS-Hauptamt (SS Main Office), Inspector W.E.1898–1945also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Richard Fiedler SS- und Polizeiführer "Montenegro"1908–1974also: Generalmajor der Polizei; Hauptsturmführer der Waffen-SS
Fritz Freitag Commander 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 1894–1945also: 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 VIII1889–1963 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Paul Otto Geibel SS- und Polizeiführer "Warsaw"1898–1966also: 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
Ludwig Grauert State Secretary in the Prussian and Reich Ministry of the Interior1891–1964
Wilhelm Günther SS- und Polizeiführer "Bergvolker-Ordshonikidse," "Ronow;" Commander of SiPo and SD in Trieste1899–1945also: Generalmajor der Polizei; declared dead at the end of the war
Hermann Haertel Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt (Race- and Settlement Main Office)
Desiderius Hampel Commander 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar"1895–1981Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Peter Hansen Artillery commander1896–1967
Hermann Harm SS- und Polizeiführer "Dnjepropetrovsk-Kriwoi Rog;" "Litauen"1894–1985also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Heinz Harmel Commander 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg"1906–2000also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Ernst Hartmann SS- und Polizeiführer "Tschernigow;" "Shitomir;" "Pripet;" "Wolhynien-Luzk"1897–1945also: Generalmajor der Polizei; died of cancer May 1945
Max Henze Police President in Kassel, Bromberg, Danzig and Essen1899–1951also: 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"1901–1944also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Alfred Karrasch Commander SS Training Area Bohemiaalso: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Adolf Katz Politician (NSDAP); Chief Constable1899–1980also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm Keilhaus SS-Führungshauptamt, Inspector Intelligence and Chief Communications1898–1977also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Hubert Klausner Gauleiter NSDAP and Landeshauptmann Carinthia1892–1939died of a stroke
Gottfried Klingemann Reichssicherheitshauptamt1884–1953discharged from the Waffen-SS May 31, 1944
Fritz Kraemer Commander 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend"1900–1959also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
Hans Krebs Honorary Gauleiter and a Regierungspräsident in Reichsgau Sudetenland1888–1947Executed for treason in Czechoslovakia
Gustav Krukenberg Inspector of the French Waffen-SS Voluntary formations1888–1980also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Christian Peter Kryssing III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps1891–1976also: 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"1909–2004also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Franz Kutschera Deputy and Acting Gauleiter NSDAP Carinthia; SS- und Polizeiführer "Mogilev;" "Warsaw"1904–1944assassinated in Warsaw
Gustav Lombard Commander 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer"1895–1992also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Johann-Erasmus Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau SS- und Polizeigebietkommandeur "Istrien;" Police President: Frankfurt am Oder, Posen, Halle1895–1956imprisoned seven years in Poland
Günther Merk SS- und Polizeiführer "Charkow;" Commander of Ordnungspolizei in Krakau1888–1947also: Generalmajor der Polizei; executed by firing squad in the Soviet Union
Kurt Meyer Commander 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend"1910–1961also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Wilhelm Mohnke Commander 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"; Commander of the government quarter for the Battle in Berlin1911–2001also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Hinrich Möller Police Chief of Neumünster; Police Director of Flensburg; SS and Police Leader, "Estland"1906–1974also: Generalmajor der Polizei; imprisoned for murder
Kurt-Peter Müller Corps physician V SS Mountain Corps1894–1993also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Walther Neblich Commander SS-Automotive training center
Karl von Oberkamp SS-Führungshauptamt, Inspector In2 and In61893–1947also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; hanged in Belgrade for war crimes
Hans Plesch Police President of Munich, 1943–19451905–1985also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Ernst Rode Chief of staff to the Chef Bandenkampfverbände (Chief of formations to break up bands) 1894–1955also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Bruno Rothardt Corps physician II SS Panzer Corps
Ludwig Ruckdeschel Deputy and Acting Gauleiter NSDAP Bayreuth1907–1986
Joachim Rumohr Commander 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer"1910–1945also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; suicide
Karl Schäfer SS- und Polizeiführer "Weissruthenien;" "Dnjepropetrowsk-Krivoi-Rog"1892–1943also: Generalmajor der Polizei; killed in action
Walther Schellenberg Head of Amt-VI: SD-Ausland (Foreign Intelligence)1910–1952also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Fritz Schmedes Commander 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division1894–1952also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und der Polizei
August Schmidhuber Commander 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Skanderbeg"1901–1947also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; hanged in Belgrade for war crimes
Eberhard Schöngarth (also: Karl Eberhard Schöngarth) Representative of Einsatzgruppen in the General Government of Poland1903–1946hanged in Germany for war crimes
Otto Schottenheim Staff SS-Oberabschnitt (SS Supreme Sector) Main burgomaster of Regensburg1890–1980
Walther Schröder Police President of Lübeck (1933–1945); SS and Police Leader, "Lettland;" "Estland"1902–1973also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Franz Schwarz Staff SS-Oberabschnitt South1899–1960
Hans Schwedler SS- und Polizeiführer "Krakau;" Inspector of SS-Totenkopfstandarten; SS-Führungshauptamt1878–1945also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; suicide.
Franz Six (also: Franz Alfred Six) Reichssicherheitshauptamt; Head of Amt-VII: Ideological Research and Evaluation1909–1975also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; imprisoned
Johannes Soodla Estonian Legion1897–1965
Ludwig Steeg Oberbürgermeister and Stadtpräsident (City President) of Berlin1894 – 1945
Karl Taus SS- und Polizeiführer "Görz"1893–1977
Willy Tensfeld SS- und Polizeiführer "Charkow;" "Stalino-Donezgebeit;" "Oberitalien-West"1893–1982also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Theobald Thier SS- und Polizeiführer "Kuban;" "Kerch-Taman;" "Lemberg;" "Kraków"1897–1949also: Generalmajor der Polizei; sentenced to death in Kraków for war crimes
Fritz Tittmann SS- und Polizeiführer "Nikolajew;" SS-Plenipotentiary for Volksdeutsche issues1898–1945Died in unclear circumstances in April 1945
August-Willhelm Trabandt Commander 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Horst Wessel"1891–1968also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Friedrich Tscharmann SS-Führungshauptamt1871–1945also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Herbert-Ernst Vahl SS-Führungshauptamt, Inspector of SS Armoured troops1896–1944also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; died in a car accident
Anton Vogler SS-Commanding officer of Munich1882–1961
Bernhard Voss SS-Führungshauptamt
Jürgen Wagner Commander 4th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Brigade "Nederland"1901–1947also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; executed by firing squad in Belgrade for war crimes
Theodor Wisch Commander 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" 1907–1995also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Fritz Witt Commander 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend"1908–1944also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Gustav Adolf von Wulffen (also: Gustav-Adolf von Wulffen) Stab Reichsführer-SS; Commander Infantry-Division "Potsdam"1878–1945also: Generalmajor der Wehrmacht; killed in action
Lucian Wysocki Police President of Oberhausen; Mülheim an der Ruhr; Duisburg; Kassel; SS- und Polizeiführer "Generalbezirk Litauen"1899–1964also: Generalmajor der Polizei
August Zehender Commander 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia1903–1945also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Carl Zenner Police President of Aachen; SS- und Polizeiführer "Weissruthenien"1899–1969also: Generalmajor der Polizei; convicted war criminal
Joachim Ziegler Commander 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland"1904–1945also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS; killed in action
Paul Zimmermann SS- und Polizeiführer "Nikolajew"1895–1980also: Generalmajor der Polizei
Hans Krebs Chief Executive Officer of the Reich Ministry of the Interior 1888–1947

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).
    • Volume 1: A–G (Abraham–Gutenberger), Bissendorf 2003, ISBN 3-7648-2373-9
    • Volume 2: H–K (Hachtel–Kutschera), Bissendorf 2005, ISBN 3-7648-2592-8
    • Volume 3: LA–PL (Lammerding–Plesch), Bissendorf 2008, ISBN 3-7648-2375-5
    • Volume 4: PO–SCHI (Podzun–Schimana), Bissendorf 2009, ISBN 3-7648-2587-1
    • Volume 5: SCHL–T (Schlake–Turner), Bissendorf 2011, ISBN 3-7648-3209-6
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