Korpsführer
Korpsführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was the highest rank used by the National Socialist Motor Corps and the National Socialist Flyers Corps. Translated as "Corps Leader", the rank of Korpsführer was held by the single officer in command of the entire organization. The rank was the equivalent of Reichsführer-SS, at least on paper.[1]
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Next higher rank | None |
Next lower rank | Obergruppenführer |
Equivalent ranks | Reichsführer-SS |
List of Korpsführers
NSFK

NSFK Korpsführer standard
No. | Portrait | Korpsführers for NSFK | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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1 | Friedrich Christiansen (1879–1972) | 5 April 1937 | 26 June 1943 | 6 years, 82 days | [2] | |
2 | Alfred Keller (1882–1974) | 26 June 1943 | 8 May 1945 | 1 year, 313 days | – |
NSKK

NSKK Korpsführer standard
No. | Portrait | Korpsführers for NSKK | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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1 | Adolf Hühnlein (1881–1942) | 30 April 1933 | 18 June 1942 † | 9 years, 49 days | [3][4] | |
2 | Erwin Kraus (1894–1966) | 21 June 1942 | 8 May 1945 | 2 years, 318 days | – |
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References
Notes
- CIA 1999, pp. 23-24.
- Franks, Bailey & Guest 1993, p. 93.
- Hamilton 1984, p. 288.
- Miller 2015, p. 604.
Bibliography
- CIA (24 August 1999). "Records Integration Title Book" (PDF). Retrieved 11 December 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Franks, Norman L. R.; Bailey, Frank W.; Guest, Russell (1993). Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914-1918. Grub Street. ISBN 9780948817731.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Hamilton, Charles (1984). Leaders & Personalities of the Third Reich, Vol. 1. San Jose, CA: R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 0-912138-27-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Miller, Michael (2015). Leaders Of The Storm Troops Volume 1. England: Helion & Company. ISBN 978-1-909982-87-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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