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''Hauptsturmführer'' was a Nazi party paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organizations such as the SS, NSKK and the NSFK. The rank of ''Hauptsturmführer'' was a mid-grade company level officer and was the equivalent of a captain (''Hauptmann'') in the German Army and also the equivalent of captain in foreign armies. ''Hauptsturmführer'' was the most commonly held SS officer rank during the Second World War. ==Overview== The rank of ''Hauptsturmführer'' evolved from the much older rank of ''Sturmhauptführer'', created in 1928 as a rank of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA). The SS used the rank of ''Sturmhauptführer'' from 1930 to 1934 at which time, following the Night of the Long Knives, the name of the rank was changed to ''Hauptsturmführer'' although the insignia remained the same. Some of the most infamous SS members are known to have held the rank of ''Hauptsturmführer''. Among them are Josef Mengele, the infamous doctor assigned to Auschwitz; Klaus Barbie, ''Gestapo'' Chief of Lyon; Joseph Kramer commandant of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Alois Brunner, Adolf Eichmann's assistant; and Amon Göth, who was sentenced to death and hanged for committing mass murder during the liquidations of the ghettos at Tarnów and Kraków, the camp at Szebnie and the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, portrayed in the film ''Schindler's List''. The insignia of ''Hauptsturmführer'' was three silver pips and two silver stripes on a black collar patch, worn opposite a unit insignia patch. On the field grey duty uniform, the shoulder boards of an army ''Hauptmann'' were also displayed. The rank of ''Hauptsturmführer'' was senior to the rank of ''Obersturmführer'' and junior to ''Sturmbannführer''. ; Insignia of rank of ''Hauptsturmführer'': WSS OF2 HSturmf-Supply.jpg|Shoulder mark HH-SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer-Collar.png|Gorget patches Hauptm-hauptstf.png|Military camouflage 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hauptsturmführer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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