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Hauptsturmführer

Hauptsturmführer

Hauptsturmführer ([ˈhaʊ̯pt.ʃtʊʁm.fyːʀɐ], "head storm leader") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organizations such as the SS, NSKK and the NSFK. The rank of Hauptsturmführer was a mid-level commander and had equivalent seniority to a captain (Hauptmann) in the German Army and also the equivalency of captain in foreign armies.[1]

The rank of Hauptsturmführer evolved from the older rank of Sturmhauptführer, created as a rank of the Sturmabteilung (SA). The SS used the rank of Sturmhauptführer from 1930 to 1934 at which time, following the Night of the Long Knives, the name of the rank was changed to Hauptsturmführer although the insignia remained the same.[2][3] Sturmhauptführer remained an SA rank until 1945.[4]

Some of the most infamous SS members are known to have held the rank of Hauptsturmführer. Among them are Josef Mengele, the infamous doctor assigned to Auschwitz; Klaus Barbie, Gestapo Chief of Lyon; Joseph Kramer, commandant of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp; Alois Brunner, Adolf Eichmann's assistant; and Amon Göth, who was sentenced to death and hanged for committing multiple waves of mass murder (liquidations of the ghettos at Tarnów and Kraków, the camp at Szebnie, the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, as portrayed in the film Schindler's List).

The insignia of Hauptsturmführer was three silver pips and two silver stripes on a black collar patch, worn opposite a unit insignia patch.[1] On the field grey duty uniform, the shoulder boards of an army Hauptmann were also displayed. The rank of Hauptsturmführer was senior to the rank of Obersturmführer and junior to Sturmbannführer.[1]

Hauptsturmführer
SS-Hauptsturmführer h.svgSS-Hauptsturmführer-camo.svg
Shoulder and camo insignia
CountryNazi Germany
Service branchSchutzstaffel
Sturmabteilung
National Socialist Motor Corps
National Socialist Flyers Corps
AbbreviationHstuf
NATO rankOF-2
Formation1934
Abolished1945
Next higher rankSturmbannführer
Next lower rankObersturmführer
Equivalent ranksHauptmann
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Insignia

Junior Rank
Obersturmführer
SS rank
Hauptsturmführer
Senior Rank
Sturmbannführer
Junior Rank
Obersturmführer
SA rank
Sturmhauptführer
Senior Rank
Sturmbannführer

See also

  • Table of ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS

References

[1]
Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgFlaherty, T. H. (2004) [1988]. The Third Reich: The SS. Time-Life Books, Inc. ISBN 1-84447-073-3., p. 148.
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[2]
Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgMcNab, Chris (2009a). The SS: 1923–1945. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906626-49-5., pp. 29, 30.
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[3]
Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgMiller, Michael (2006). Leaders of the SS and German Police, Vol. 1. R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 93-297-0037-3., p. 521.
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[4]
Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgMcNab, Chris (2009b). The Third Reich. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906626-51-8., p. 15.
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[5]
Citation Linkupload.wikimedia.orgShoulder mark
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[6]
Citation Linkupload.wikimedia.orgMilitary camouflage
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[7]
Citation Linkupload.wikimedia.orgGorget patches
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[8]
Citation Linkupload.wikimedia.orgSA gorget patch
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[9]
Citation Linkupload.wikimedia.orgNSKK gorget patch
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[10]
Citation Linkupload.wikimedia.orgNSFK gorget patch
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[11]
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