Mann | |
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Country | Nazi Germany |
Service branch |
National Socialist Motor Corps National Socialist Flyers Corps Postschutz Reich Labour Service Reichsluftschutzbund Schutzstaffel Sturmabteilung Technische Nothilfe |
Formation | 1925 |
Abolished | 1945 |
Next higher rank | Luftschutzobertruppmann (RLB) Oberschütze (SS) Sturmmann (SA, NSKK & NSFK) Vormann (RAD & TN) |
Next lower rank | Bewerber Jungmann Anwärter Vollanwärter |
Equivalent ranks |
Soldat Schütze |
Mann (English: "man" or "male"), was a paramilitary rank used by several Nazi Party paramilitary organizations between 1925 and 1945. The rank is most often associated with the Schutzstaffel (SS-Mann), but also was a rank of the SA, where Mann (SA-Mann) was the lowest enlisted rank and was the equivalent of a private. [1] [2]
In 1938, with the rise of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (later renamed the Waffen-SS), the SS changed the rank of Mann to Schütze, although it still retained the original SS rank of Mann for the Allgemeine-SS (general SS). The rank of Mann was junior to SS- Sturmmann. [1]
In most Nazi Party organizations, the rank of Mann held no distinctive insignia. Some groups, however, granted a minor form of rank insignia such as a blank collar patch or simple shoulder board to denote the rank of Mann. [3] (see right: SS rank insignia pattern from 1933)
Even lower ranks, e.g. Bewerber, Jungmann, Anwärter, Vollanwärter, were established in the mid-1930s as a recruit or candidate position, held by an individual seeking an appointment as a Mann in a Nazi Party paramilitary organization. [1]
Candidate status
|
1st rank
Allgemeine SS SS-Mann |
2nd rank no equivalent |
3rd rank SS- Sturmmann |
Volunteer for joining the Waffen-SS
|
1st Rank
Waffen-SS SS- Schütze |
2nd rank SS- Oberschütze |
3rd rank SS-Sturmmann |
Candidate status SA-Anwärter |
1st
SA rank SA-Mann |
2nd rank no equivalent |
3rd rank SA- Sturmmann |
person liable to military service Wehrmacht |
1st
Wehrmacht rank Soldat |
2nd rank Oberschütze |
3rd rank Gefreiter |
Mann | |
---|---|
Country | Nazi Germany |
Service branch |
National Socialist Motor Corps National Socialist Flyers Corps Postschutz Reich Labour Service Reichsluftschutzbund Schutzstaffel Sturmabteilung Technische Nothilfe |
Formation | 1925 |
Abolished | 1945 |
Next higher rank | Luftschutzobertruppmann (RLB) Oberschütze (SS) Sturmmann (SA, NSKK & NSFK) Vormann (RAD & TN) |
Next lower rank | Bewerber Jungmann Anwärter Vollanwärter |
Equivalent ranks |
Soldat Schütze |
Mann (English: "man" or "male"), was a paramilitary rank used by several Nazi Party paramilitary organizations between 1925 and 1945. The rank is most often associated with the Schutzstaffel (SS-Mann), but also was a rank of the SA, where Mann (SA-Mann) was the lowest enlisted rank and was the equivalent of a private. [1] [2]
In 1938, with the rise of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (later renamed the Waffen-SS), the SS changed the rank of Mann to Schütze, although it still retained the original SS rank of Mann for the Allgemeine-SS (general SS). The rank of Mann was junior to SS- Sturmmann. [1]
In most Nazi Party organizations, the rank of Mann held no distinctive insignia. Some groups, however, granted a minor form of rank insignia such as a blank collar patch or simple shoulder board to denote the rank of Mann. [3] (see right: SS rank insignia pattern from 1933)
Even lower ranks, e.g. Bewerber, Jungmann, Anwärter, Vollanwärter, were established in the mid-1930s as a recruit or candidate position, held by an individual seeking an appointment as a Mann in a Nazi Party paramilitary organization. [1]
Candidate status
|
1st rank
Allgemeine SS SS-Mann |
2nd rank no equivalent |
3rd rank SS- Sturmmann |
Volunteer for joining the Waffen-SS
|
1st Rank
Waffen-SS SS- Schütze |
2nd rank SS- Oberschütze |
3rd rank SS-Sturmmann |
Candidate status SA-Anwärter |
1st
SA rank SA-Mann |
2nd rank no equivalent |
3rd rank SA- Sturmmann |
person liable to military service Wehrmacht |
1st
Wehrmacht rank Soldat |
2nd rank Oberschütze |
3rd rank Gefreiter |