Comparative ranks of Nazi Germany

The comparative ranks of Nazi Germany contrasts the ranks of the Wehrmacht to a number of Nazi Party organizations in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in a synoptic table. Nazi organizations used a hierarchical structure, according to the so-called Führerprinzip (leader principle), and were oriented in line with the rank order system of the Wehrmacht.

Nazi rank structure in comparison to the Wehrmacht

Officer ranks

Enlisted

See also

• Comparative military ranks of World War II
• Glossary of German military terms
• Glossary of Nazi Germany
• World War II German Army ranks and insignia

Notes

References

Citations

Bibliography

Further reading

• Wolfgang Benz (editor): Wie wurde man Parteigenosse? Die NSDAP und ihre Mitglieder. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, (Fischer 18068 Die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus).