Schindler's Ark

APPENDIX SS Ranks and Their Army Equivalents

Oberst-gruppenführer: general

Obergruppenführer: lieutenant general

Gruppenführer: major general

Brigadeführer: brigadier general

Oberführer: (no army equivalent)

Standartenführer: colonel

Obersturmbannführer: lieutenant colonel

Sturmbannführer: major

Hauptsturmführer: captain

Obersturmführer: first lieutenant

Untersturmführer: second lieutenant

Oberscharführer: a senior noncommissioned rank

Unterscharführer: equivalent to sergeant

Rottenführer: equivalent to corporal