1) SS rank 
SS-Brigadeführer was an SS rank that was used in Nazi Germany between the years of 1932 and 1945.{sfn|McNab|2009|pp=29, 30} Brigadeführer was also an SA rank.{sfn|McNab (II)|2009|p=15} The rank was first created due to an expansion of the SS and assigned to those officers in command of SS-Brigaden. In 1933, the SS-Brigaden were changed in name t...