Obersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi party that was used by the Schutzstaffel and also as a rank of the SA. The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the The ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung ( SA) were the first paramilitary rank system to be developed by the Nazi Party in 1920 Translated as “Senior Assault (or Storm) Leader”, the rank of Obersturmführer was first created in 1932 as the result of an expansion of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the need for an additional rank in the officer corps. The, abbreviated SA, ( German for "Assault detachment" or "Assault section" usually translated as " stormtroop(ers Obersturmführer also became an SS rank at that same time. The ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel were a paramilitary rank system used by the SS to differentiate that organization from the regular German armed

A security forces SS-Obersturmführer of the RSHA, circa 1940

An SA-Obersturmführer was typically a junior company commander in charge of between fifty to 100 soldiers. The RSHA, or Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Head Office was a subordinate organization of the SS. Within the SS, the rank of Obersturmführer carried a wider range of occupations from staff aide, Gestapo officer, Concentration Camp supervisor, and Waffen-SS Platoon Commander to name but a few. The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial Within both the SS and SA, the rank of Obersturmführer was considered the equivalent of an Oberleutnant in the German Wehrmacht. Oberleutnant is a junior officer rank in the militaries of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945

The insignia for Obersturmführer was three silver pips and a silver stripe centered on a uniform collar patch. The rank was senior to an Untersturmführer (or Sturmführer in the SA), and junior to the rank of Hauptsturmführer. Untersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the German Schutzstaffel first created in July 1934. Sturmführer was a paramilitary Rank of the Nazi Party which began as a title used by the Sturmabteilung in 1925 and became an actual SA Hauptsturmführer was a Nazi rank of the SS which was used between the years of 1934 and 1945