Nazi Germany paramilitary ranks

National Socialist paramilitary ranks were pseudo-military titles, which were used by the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP), between 1920 and 1945. Since the Nazi Party was by its very nature a paramilitary organisation, by the time of World War II, several systems of paramilitary ranks had come into existence for both the Nazi Party itself and various Nazi paramilitary organisations.

The various paramilitary rank systems used by the Nazi Party included:

After the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, a number of Nazi state controlled and/or sponsored organisations developed Nazi style ranks, insignia, and titles. Such various ranks and insignia included:

  • Ranks and insignia of the Ordnungspolizei
  • Ranks and insignia of Organisation Todt
  • Ranks and insignia of the Reichsarbeitsdienst
  • Ranks and insignia of the Reichsluftschutzbund
  • Ranks and insignia of the Reichsbahn

The Nazi use of paramilitary ranks even extended as far as inmates of concentration camps. By 1936, a system of Nazi concentration camp badges had been developed along paramilitary lines.

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