Oskar Schindler

German Army Ranks (Based on U.S. Army Equivalents)

Generaloberst: General

General: Lt. General

Generalleutnant: Major General

Generalmajor: Brigadier General

Oberst: Colonel

Oberstleutnant: Lt. Colonel

Major: Major

Hauptmann: Captain

Oberleutnant: First Lieutenant

Leutnant: Second Lieutenant

Stabsfeldwebel: Master Sergeant

Oberfeldwebel: Technical Sergeant

Feldwebel: Staff Sergeant

Unterfeldwebel: Sergeant

Unteroffizier: Corporal

Gefreiter: Private First Class

Obersoldat: No U.S. Army equivalent

Soldat: Private

SOURCE: U.S. War Department, Handbook on German Military Forces (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University press, 1990), 6-7.