Postschutz
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Postal Protection | |
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SS-Postschutz | |
Founded | 1933 |
Disbanded | 1945 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Type | Paramilitary |
Part of | Reichspost SS Main Office |
Postschutz (transl. Postal Protection), after 1942 SS-Postschutz, was a paramilitary unit of Reichspost with a mission to protect post office installations from armed attacks.
Origins
The Postschutz was created in 1933 in order to protect the establishments of the German Post Office from communist attacks. In 1942 the Postschutz was put under the command of the
SS-Hauptamt
.
Personnel
At the end of 1933 26,000 postal employees had volunteered for the Postschutz. In 1937 an agreement between the
air raid precautions
for the Reichspost. All male postal employees could become volunteer members of the Postschutz. For all new employees under the age of 35 it was mandatory. Training took place at eight schools, that annually held courses for 20 000 members of the Postschutz. All were issued firearms.
Military actions
In 1942 units from the SS-Postschutz staffed the Fronthilfe der Deutschen Reichspost, motor coach units operating with front units of the
Belorussia
.
Ranks
Collar insignia | Shoulder insignia | PSP Rank[1] | Translation | SS equivalent |
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Oberführer | Senior leader | Obersturmbannführer | ||
Bezirksführer | District leader | Sturmbannführer | ||
Abschnittsführer | Section leader | Hauptsturmführer | ||
Abteilungshauptführer | Senior department leader | Obersturmführer | ||
Abteilungsführer | Department leader | Untersturmführer | ||
Zughauptführer | Senior platoon leader | Hauptscharführer | ||
Zugführer | Platoon leader | Oberscharführer | ||
Gruppenhauptführer | Senior group leader | Scharführer | ||
Gruppenführer | Group leader | Unterscharführer | ||
Truppführer | Troop leader | Rottenführer | ||
Rottenführer | Foreman | Rottenführer | ||
Postschutzmann | Postal Protection man | Mann |
References
- ^ "Postschutzpolizei". German Daggers. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- Klietmann, K.G. (1965), Die Waffen-SS: eine Dokumentation, Osnabruck Verlag.
- Schweizer, Michael (2014), Der Postschutz und Postluftschutz im Dritten Reich und in den besetzten Gebieten, Morgana-Ed.