Junker (SS rank)
Junker was a Nazi rank that was used by the SS between the years of 1933 and 1945. The rank was a special rank held by those wanting to become officers in the armed part of the SS, first known as the SS-Verfügungstruppe and later as the Waffen-SS.
The Junkerschule was a officer candidate school in Bad Tölz that trained men to become full SS officers.
Levels
The rank of SS-Junker was split into four levels, those being Junker, Oberjunker, Standartenjunker, and Standartenoberjunker.
The process for a Junker to become an SS officer usually took between 18 to 24 months to complete.
| SS Officer Candidate Rank | SS Enlisted Equivalent |
| Standartenoberjunker | Hauptscharführer |
| Standartenjunker | Oberscharführer |
| Oberjunker | Scharführer |
| Junker | Unterscharführer |
Sources
- "Loyalty is My Honor, Personal accounts from the Waffen-SS"
- SS service record of Joachim Peiper (National Archives and Records Administration)