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List of SS personnel



Between 1925 and 1945, the German SS grew from a mere 8 members to over a quarter of a million Waffen-SS members and well over a million members of the Allgemeine-SS. The following list of SS personnel indicates a few of the SS members who were the most famous, influential, and sometimes notorious members of the organization.

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler, as the Führer of Germany, was by default the supreme commander of the SS and outranked Heinrich Himmler. In February of 1925, Hitler appointed himself SS Member #1 thus, by the seniority system of SS membership numbers, this made Hitler senior in the SS to all other members. Hitler, however, never referred to himself by an actual SS rank nor is there any photographic record of Hitler wearing an SS uniform.

SS Generals

Rank Insignia
Reichsführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Heinrich HimmlerReich Leader of the SS and Chief of German Police168February 192514303
Karl HankeLast Reich Leader of the SS2030131932102606

Rank Insignia
Oberstgruppenführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Kurt DaluegeCommander of the Ordnungspolizei1119192831981
Sepp DietrichCommander of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and later 6.SS-Panzerarmee11775 May 192889015
Paul HausserCommander of the II.SS-Panzerkorps239795February 19344158779
Franz Xaver SchwarzNSDAP Treasurer3850016 September 19316

Rank Insignia
Obergruppenführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Max AmannHonorary SS Member
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski Higher SS and Police Leader of Central Russia
Gottlob BergerCommander of the SS-Hauptamt
Werner Best Reich Plenipotentiary of Denmark
Wilhelm BittrichWaffen SS combat commander - II.SS Panzerkorps
Ernst Wilhelm BohleLeader of the Nazi Party Foreign Organization - NSDAP/AO
Martin BormannSecretary of the Nazi Party555September 192960508
Franz BreithauptCommanding General of the SS and Police Courts
Walter BuchChairman of the Inquiry and Mediation Board
Richard Walther Darré First Commander of the SS Race Office
Otto Dietrich Honorary SS Rank
Theodor Eicke Commander of the Totenkopf Division
Karl FiehlerLord Mayor of Munich
Karl Hermann FrankHigher SS and Police Leader of Bohemia and Moravia
August HeissmeyerCommander of the SS Education Department
Konrad HenleinGauleiter of the Sudetenland
Maximilin von HerffCommander of the SS Personnel Department
Reinhard HeydrichChief of the RSHA 1012014 July 1931544916
Rudolf Hess Deputy Führer of the NSDAPUnknown193216
Ulrich GreifeltReich Commissioner for the Strengthening of Germanism
Friedrich JecklenHigher SS and Police Leader of Eastern Russia436712 January 1930163348
Hans JüttnerCommander of the SS-Führungshauptamt
Ernst KaltenbrunnerSecond Commander of the RSHA
Friedrich Wilhelm KrügerHigher SS and Police Leader of Poland
Hans LammersHonorary SS Rank
Werner Lorenz Commander of the Office of Ethnic Germanization
Artur Phleps Commander of the 7.SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen
Oswald Pohl Commander of the SS Economics and Administration Office (WVHA)
Joachim von Ribbentrop Nazi Foreign Minister63083February 19381199927
Fritz SauckelHonorary SS Rank
Paul Scharfe Commander of the SS Legal Office
Julius Schaub Co-founder of the SS, Personal assistant to Hitler7February 192581
Fritz von ScholzCommander of Nordland Waffen-SS volunteer formation
Arthur Seyss-InquartCommander of the Austrian SS, Deputy Governor General of Poland
Felix SteinerCommander of III.(gemanisches) SS-Panzerkorps
Karl Wolff Chief of Staff to Heinrich Himmler and Supreme SS and Police Leader of Italy142357 October 1931695131

Rank Insignia
Gruppenführer
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Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Karl Brandt Hitler's physician
Hermann FegeleinSS-Cavalry General, Brother-in-law to Eva Braun
Odilo GlobocnikHigher SS and Police Leader of the Adriatic Region
Richard GlücksInspector of Concentration Camps
Heinrich MüllerCommander of the Gestapo
Artur NebeCommander of the Kriminalpolizei
Otto OhlendorfCommander of the Inland-SD
Heinz ReinefarthWaffen-SS General
Jürgen StroopSS and Police Leader of Warsaw

Rank Insignia
Brigadeführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Heinz JostSD Commander and Commander of Einsatzkommando A
Bronislaw KaminskiCommander of Kaminski Brigade
Kurt Meyer Waffen SS divisional commander
Wilhelm MohnkeCommander of the Reichs Chancellery defence during the Battle of Berlin1 September 1931
Hans NielandLord Mayor of Dresden
Walter SchellenbergCommander of the Ausland-SD
Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und CamminetzHeer Panzer General
Christian WeberCommander of the NSDAP Old Guard265902July 193415

Rank Insignia
Oberführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Rudolf DielsFirst Commander of the Gestapo 187116April 19343955308
Eduard DeisenhoferWaffen SS combat commander
Oskar DirlewangerLeader of Dirlewanger Brigade
Emil Maurice SS Member #2, credited with founding the SS2February 192539
Thomas Müller Waffen-SS combat commander
Emanuel Schäfer
Julian SchernerSS and Police Leader of Krakow
Julius SchreckFirst Reich Leader of the SS5February 192553

SS Officers

Rank Insignia
Standartenführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Jakob Grimminger Leader of Standarten 1 and Bearer of the Blutfahne13525 February 1926759
Rudolf Lange SD Commander of Latvia, Commander Einsatzkommando A-2, Participant of Wannsee Conference935011 March 19331159583
Wolfram Sievers Reich Manager of the Ahnenerbe and Director of its Institute for Military Scientific Research

Rank Insignia
Obersturmbannführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Léon DegrelleBelgian Waffen-SS Foreign Legion Commander
Adolf EichmannHead of the Jewish Department of the Gestapo453261 April 1932889895
Rudolf HössCommander of Auschwitz Concentration Camp19361620 September 19333240
Herbert KapplerCommander of SS and Police Forces in Rome, Italy552118 May 1933594899
Joachim Peiper LSSAH Kampfgruppe Commander
Karl RahmCommandant of Theresienstadt
Richard Schulze
AKA Richard Schulze-Kossens 		Commander of SS Officer School Bad Tölz, Bavaria

Rank Insignia
Sturmbannführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Wernher von BraunAllgemeine-SS Battalion Officer
Joseph Darnand French Waffen-SS Foreign Legion Commander
Alfred NaujocksSD Commando, Gleiwitz Strike Leader
Hermann HöfleDeputy head of the Aktion Reinhard programme
Otto SkorzenyRSHA Commando Leader
Eduard Wirths Chief SS doctor (SS-Standortarztat) at the Auschwitz Extermination Camp

Rank Insignia
Hauptsturmführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Klaus BarbieHead of the Gestapo in Lyon
Amon Göth Commander of the Plaszow Labor Camp436731930510764
Josef Mengele Chief Medical Officer of main infirmary camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau 3177885May 19385574974
Erich PriebkeSD and Sicherheitspolizei Commander in Rome, Italy

Rank Insignia
Obersturmführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Leo JohnDeputy Commander of the Plaszow Labor Camp

Rank Insignia
Untersturmführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Benson FreemanBritish Defector and SS Propaganda Officer
Reimond TollenaereBelgian Foreign Legion Waffen-SS Officer

SS Non-Commissioned Officers

Rank Insignia
Sturmscharführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Gustav WagnerHead SS-NCO of Sobibor Concentration Camp

Rank Insignia
Oberscharführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Ernst BarkmannWaffen-SS Panzer Ace
Eric MuhsfeldtSenior NCO of the Auschwitz Sonderkommando

Rank Insignia
Unterscharführer

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Albert HujarStaff NCO of Plaszow Labor Camp

SS Soldiers

Rank Insignia
Schütze

Name Position SS Number Entry into SS Nazi Party Number
Eric PleasantsBritish Defector and member of the SS British FreikorpsNone1940None

See also

* Ex-Nazis, List of living Nazis and List of former Nazis influential after 1945
* SS rank
* SS unit insignia
* Orpo rank

References

S.S. Officer Service Records, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland



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