fura the Nazi party began using formal ranks and badges around 1928 but the title of Fura meaning leader or guide was established earlier adolf Hitler adopted it in 1921 after threatening to quit the party over plans to merge with another far-right group he returned only after being granted full leadership powers and replaced party founder Anton Drexler as the leader with dictatorial authority initially just the Nazi party leader Hitler expanded his role after President Palfon Hintenborg's death in 1934 a law passed the day before Hintenborg died merged the presidency with the chancellorship allowing Hitler to assume the new title fur rice counselor leader and chancellor of the rice the term rice counselor was soon dropped from daily use when conscription was reintroduced in 1935 hitler as fura also took the title supreme commander of the armed forces for himself the Nazi regime was structured around the fur princip principle which placed Hitler's will above all laws all policies government bodies and officials were expected to carry out his wishes without question loyalty to Hitler personally became the foundation of the Nazi system authority flowed from him downward while subordinates were responsible only upward this system extended beyond the party and government civil society including schools sports groups and factories was led by appointed figures rather than elected bodies starting in 1934 even the military swore an oath of allegiance directly to Hitler not the German constitution in 1941 Hitler took an additional title Gmanura this reflected his claim to lead not just Germany but a broader Nordic Germanic race intended to include Norwegians Danes Swedes Dutch and others as part of a planned greater Germanic r as fur Hitler directly ordered policies like the final solution or general plan Ostatric Furus was Adolf Hitler's direct deputy within the Nazi party rudolph Hess held this title from 1933 to 41 he was entirely devoted to Hitler becoming loyal after hearing him speak in 1920 and sharing the belief in the stab in the back myth blaming Germany's World War I loss on internal betrayal by Jews and Bolsheviks after Hitler became chancellor in 1933 Hess was appointed deputy fura and soon promoted to SS Obagen Fura and Rislighter however by Hitler's decree he dropped all other titles and was to be known solely as Deputy Fura a sign of his formal equality but unique status within the party based in the Brownhouse in Munich and also in Berlin has oversaw major departments including foreign affairs finance health and education and also law all party legislation except military police and foreign policy had to pass through his office he co-signed many of Hitler's decrees and had authority to increase sentences against anyone deemed an enemy of the party including sending people to concentration camps or ordering executions has organized and spoke at the annual Nuremberg rallies oversaw party related court decisions acted as Hitler's representative in dealings with industrialists and elites and managed the NSDAPO which oversaw Nazi members living abroad in 1933 has created the Folks Deutscharat to manage the party's relationship with ethnic Germans living outside Germany though presented as independent the council's members were largely loyal to Germany and answered only to Hess hess was also partly responsible for drafting the Nuremberg laws which stripped the Jews of Germany of their rights in 1939 Hitler appointed Hess to the six-man council of ministers for defense of the Reich after the war began Hitler named him second in line to succeed him after Herman hessa's role ended in 1941 after his unauthorized flight to Britain seeking peace with the allies leading to Martin Borman's rise rislighter meaning national or empire leader was the second highest political rank in the Nazi party directly below the fur each riser reported only to Hitler and formed part of the rice leon headquartered in the brownhouse in Munich hitler established a rank in 1933 and initially appointed 16 individuals six more were added later each rice lighter oversaw a major area of party control ysef Gerbis one of the most prominent Reich lighter was chief propagandist and later Reich Minister of Propaganda a close Hitler ally he pushed for total war in 1943 closing non-essential businesses and conscripting women for labor alfred Rosenberg was the party's main ideologue he led the NSDAP office of foreign affairs directed the Reich Ministry for the occupied Eastern territories and headed AMD Rosenberg which shaped Nazi cultural policy and surveillance other notable rice lighter included Waltafk R minister for the economy and head of the rice bank he managed economic mobilization and oversaw the seizure of assets from concentration camp victims then there was Max Ammon who controlled the Nazi party's publishing house the press and stolen art and finally Hansfrank Hitler's legal adviser governed occupied Poland used forced labor and oversaw four extermination camps ansler was a Nazi party political rank used between 1933 and 38 it served as a general staff position at all levels of the party local county regional and national covering a broad range of administrative and political duties at the national level the special title Hedslider existed within the national leadership tiers martin Borman held the rank of amsider before rising to higher roles as chief of staff to Rudolfph Hess in the office of the deputy fura Borman handled daily operations and built a vast internal bureaucracy involving himself in decision-making wherever possible by 1936 Borman was already transmitting orders directly from Hitler to government and party officials after Hessa's unauthorized flight to Scotland in 1941 Hitler dissolved the deputy Fura's office in its place the party chancellory was created under Borman's leadership using this position Borman expanded his influence became riser and later Hitler's private secretary he controlled and limited access to Hitler to strengthen his own position directed party appointments extended party control into areas such as armaments and labor and answered only to Hitler himself the party chancellory received SS and Gestapo reports on mass killings in Eastern Europe in 1941 and was included in coordination for the Vanzi conference in early 1942 making it part of the machinery behind the final solution another notorious amsider was Philip Bouah the chief of Hitler's chancellory he also oversaw the Axion FIA Utia program responsible for killing over 250,000 disabled adults and children and co-initiated Axion Finitin which murdered 20,000 concentration camp prisoners deaner meaning service leader was a highranking Nazi party title created in 1933 it was the second highest rank within the national party leadership directly below riser while riser required Hitler's direct appointment dinlider was the highest rank that could be earned through promotion there were three levels of the rank all were reserved for top leadership roles within the national party offices and many who held the title also occupied senior positions in the Nazi government and civil administration rubbert li held the rank of hopdine slider before being promoted to riser and becoming head of the German labor front as Hdein Slider he helped organize party operations and shape labor policy his work in this role directly contributed to the dismantling of trade unions and the centralization of Nazi labor control under the DAFF gaer was the third highest political rank in the Nazi party below only Riceer and the Fura it designated the regional leader of a Nazi party administrative area or Gao hitler created the position to tighten control over local party structures each Gowiter oversaw several scop local groups ensuring Nazi dominance in their assigned region every Gowiter was only appointed by Hitler and served at his discretion though some were initially chosen by Grigo Strasa in the early years all ultimately needed Hitler's approval as his personal representatives Gaolita were directly responsible to him and could not be removed without his consent their main role was to assert Nazi party authority within their region coordinate all party activities and affiliated organizations and expand Nazi influence over all aspects of life though powerful they did not command paramilitary units like the SA or SS within their region however they held direct authority over Chrysler county leaders by the regime's end there were 43 GAW to be administered by them notable Gowiter included Baldwa Fonra Gaer of Yenna and first leader of the Hitler Youth KL Hanker Gowiter of Lower Celisia and final commander of the Shuttafel artur Gryer Gowiter of occupied Polish Vatiland who oversaw ghettos and extermination policies fritz Zhul Gowiter of Tingia and coordinator of forced labor and Albert Foster Gowiter of Dansig West Prussia known for ethnic cleansing and forced Germanization in occupied Poland the fields lighter meaning command leader was a senior promotable rank within the Nazi party structure beneath Gowlighter dinlider and rice lighter albert architect and minister of armaments and war production was promoted to be lighter in 1942 and to obbeer in 1944 a close associate of Hitler he oversaw Germany's war production using forced labor gue Kloppa deputy to Martin Borman in the party chancellory also held the rank he was involved in the 1942 vansi conference where plans for the final solution were formalized chrysler meaning district leader was the Nazi party official in charge of local county level administration around 650 such positions existed in Germany expanding to over 900 after 1941 the role functioned as the middle tier between the regional galighter and the local scoper originally created to manage election activities the chrysler role became a central part of Nazi local governance after 1933 replacing traditional county officials each Chrysler oversaw all party activities in their district ensuring Nazi control at the local level examples include Vishad Drought Chrysler Lighter of Hbron known for his extreme fanaticism and brutality during the war's final phase and Kut who served in several East Prussian districts and later held administrative posts in occupied Ukraine bk lighter meaning local or town group leader was the Nazi party official responsible for a town village or neighborhood sector typically overseeing between 1,500 or 3,000 households originating during the 1930 elections this role became entrenched in the Nazi administrative structure functioning as the primary party authority in a municipal area the Ottosk Malita often absorbed the functions of traditional local government especially after 1933 they became key figures in implementing party control at the community level during World War II their responsibilities expanded to managing civil defense distributing war rations coordinating relief efforts and even commanding local folkstro militia and military remnants in the war's final stages they supervised cell lighter cell leaders gustaf Zeon later responsible for the Holocaust in Luxembourg started his career in this position another one was Hans Simon who served as Oscopa for the Saniois section of Nuremberg overseeing the area's political coordination sell lighter or cell leaders were responsible for overseeing a block of 8 to 12 city streets typically 160 to 480 households first established in 1930 under the name Selvat the title was changed to San Lighter following the Nazi rise to power in 1933 initially Saniter acted as organizers and enforcers of Nazi influence during the party's political climb in the Vhimmer Republic once the regime was established they became the primary face of the Nazi state for many Germans as the most immediate representative of Nazi authority the ten lighter ensured party policy was implemented descent was monitored and ideological conformity was enforced within their sectors during the war Tellighter managed the activities of the block lighter below them with added responsibilities in civil defense local war production mobilization and maintaining civilian morale towards the end of the war many acted as frontline military and administrative commanders conrad Hinline who later became Gowiter of the Zudetan land began his political ascent through such grassroots functions as an early NSDAP member in the Zudetan German party he led the local party cell organization in the 1930s block lighter or block leader was a lower Nazi party political rank responsible for the political supervision of a neighborhood or literally a city or village block often referred to as blockbat the warden's duty was to form the primary link between the Nazi authorities and the general population each block lighter had charge of 40 to 60 households in a neighborhood or street and answered directly to a cell warden hela meaning helper was the lowest rank in the political leadership corps directly above anata recruits who were not yet party members it was a junior assistant position subordinate to all other ranks the title was common in Nazi student groups where it was usually held by the leader of a local student cell reporting to a local Nazi party leader