Mann (paramilitary rank)

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File:Bundesarchiv Bild 192-044, KZ Mauthausen, SS-Mann.jpg

SS-Mann from KZ Mauthausen

Mann (Template:Langx), 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.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn (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.Template:Sfn

Insignia

• SS Mannschaften.jpg

  SS-Mann (Allgemeine SS) & SS-Schütze (Waffen-SS), shoulder strap

• SS-Mann, SS-Schuetze, SS-Oberschuetze collar.svg

  SS-Mann/ SS-Schütze, collar patch (1940-1945)

• SA-Mann.svg

  SA Gorget patches

• RBL-Luftschutztruppmann.svg

  RBL collar patch
  (Luftschutztruppmann)

• NSFK-Mann.svg

  NSFK Gorget patch

• NSKK-Mann.svg

  NSKK Gorget patch

• NSKK-Mann.svg

  Volkssturmmann (Volkssturm)

• NSKK-Mann.svg

  RAD Gorget patch
  (Arbeitsmann)

• TN-Mann.svg

  TeNo shoulder strap

• PSP-Postschutzmann.svg

  Postschutz Gorget patch
  (Postschutzmann)

Candidate status SS-Bewerber (Staffel-Bewerber) SS-Jungmann (Staffel-Jungmann) SS-Anwärter (Staffel-Anwärter) SS-Vollanwärter (Staffel-Vollanwärter)	1st rank Allgemeine SS SS-Mann	2nd rank no equivalent	3rd rank SS-Sturmmann
Volunteer for joining the Waffen-SS SS-Bewerber (Staffel-Bewerber) SS-Jungmann (Staffel-Jungmann) SS-Anwärter (Staffel-Anwärter)	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

Bibliography

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