Waffen-SS began using the rank, an SS-Gruppenführer was considered equal to a Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht and was referred to as SS-Gruppenführer und...

SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer ([ˈoːbɐstˌɡʁʊpm̩fyːʁɐ]) was (from 1942 to 1945) the highest commissioned rank in the Schutzstaffel (SS), with the exception of...

April 1942, the new rank of SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer was created which was above Obergruppenführer and below Reichsführer-SS. The rank of Obergruppenführer...

was an SS-Gruppenführer. Walther von Brauchitsch – Generalfeldmarschall, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army 1938–1941. Franz Breithaupt, An SS-Obergruppenführer...

1943) SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein (14 May 1943 – 13 September 1943) SS-Gruppenführer Bruno Streckenbach (13 September 1943 – 22 October 1943) SS-Gruppenführer...

SS-Gruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (20 April 1942 – 15 January 1944) SS-Gruppenführer Lothar Debes (15 January – 20 May 1944) SS-Gruppenführer Friedrich...

less than 40 hours before the couple killed themselves. Braun married SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein, a liaison officer on Hitler's staff, on 3 June 1944...

short for SS Honour – and rank leaders (SS-Ehren- und Rangführer). SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer (literal: SS-Colonel group leader), short SS-Obstgruf, was...

these SS and police leaders held the rank of SS-Gruppenführer or above and answered directly to Himmler in all SS matters within their district. Their role...

with the creation of the rank of SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer. This necessitated an insignia change for SS generals and all SS generals at this time began wearing...