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Euthanasia

 

  Introduction

  Organizational Chart

  German Police Ranks

  T-4 Program

Images of Nazi Euthanasia & Eugenics

  Poland

  Chelm

  Kobierzyn

  Owinska/Poznan

     Fort VII

       Koscian

  Germany/Austria

  Bernburg

  Brandenburg

  Grafeneck

  Hadamar

  Hartheim

  Meseritz-Obrawalde

  Sonnenstein

  14 f 13

 

 

 

Uniformed and Nonuniformed German Police Ranks and Equivalent
Ranks in the SS and the U.S. Army

 

Sipo Orpo SS (including  
(security police) (uniformed police) Waffen SS) U.S. Army

 

 

    
Kriminalassistent Zugwachmeister Oberscharführer Staff sergeant
Kriminaloberassistent Hauptwachtmeister Hauptscharführer Technical sergeant
Kriminalsekretär Meister Sturmscharführer Master sergeant
Kriminalobersekretär Leutnant Untersturmführer Second lieutenant
Kriminalinspektor Oberleutnant Obersturmführer First lieutenant
Kriminalkommissar Hauptmann Hauptsturmführer Captain
Regierungs- und Major Sturmbannführer Major
Kriminalrat
Oberregierungs- und Oberstleutnant Obersturmbannführer Lieutenant colonel
Kriminalrat
Regierungs- und Oberst Standartenführer; Colonel
Kriminaldirektor Oberführer
Kriminaldirigent Generalmajor Brigadeführer Brigadier general
Reichskriminaldirektor

 

Generalleutnant

 

Gruppenführer

 

Major general

 

 

 

   
 

 

 

Source: NARA Library: SHAEF, G-2 (Counter-Intelligence Subdivision, Evaluation and Dissemination Section),
The German Police, EDS/G/10, Apr. 1945.

 
 

 

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