{{Short description|Political rank in the Nazi Party}} {{Italic title|reason=[[:Category:German words and phrases]]}} [[File:ORGANISATIONSBUCH DER NSDAP 1940 6. Auflage Politische Leiter Uniformen Tafel 14 Spielmannszugfuehrer Spielmann Gauleitung Bereitschaftsleiter Helfer Nazi Party handbook Third Reich No known copyright Brighter dark scan.jpg|thumb|''Bereitschaftsleiter'' in marching band uniform with baton (left), 1940]] '''''Bereitschaftsleiter''''' (Readiness Leader) was a [[Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party|Nazi Party political rank]] which existed between 1939 and 1945. There were three levels of the rank, known as ''Bereitschaftsleiter'', ''Oberbereitschaftsleiter'', and ''Hauptbereitschaftsleiter''.
The rank was created to replace the older rank of ''[[Stellenleiter]]'', itself a replacement of the even old rank of ''Zellenwart''. Those holding the rank of ''Bereitschaftsleiter'' were most often assigned to the position of ''[[Zellenleiter]]'' on the local level of the Nazi Party. In the higher Party levels (County, Region, and National), the rank of ''Bereitschaftsleiter'' was used as a low level staff or clerical position.
==Insignia== <gallery class="center"> NSDAP-Bereitschaftsleiter.svg|Gorget patch for ''Bereitschaftsleiter''<br> Wehrmacht equivalent: ''Feldwebel'' (OR-6)<ref name="NATO2">The abbreviation "OR" stands for ''"Other Rank, officers excepted / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"''</ref><ref name="CIA">[https://web.archive.org/web/20170123031622/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-02646R000600030012-6.pdf ''Records Integration Title Book.'' CIA: Approved for release 1999/08/24.] Retrieved 2020-05-27.</ref> <br>Party position: ''Cell Operations Foreman, Block Leader'' <ref name="Ley">Robert Ley, ''Organisationsbuch der NSDAP'', Berlin: Zentralverlag der NSDAP, 1943, pp. 99–142.</ref> NSDAP-Oberbereitschaftsleiter.svg|Gorget patch for ''Ober-<br>Bereitschaftsleiter''<br>Wehrmacht equivalent: ''Oberfeldwebel'' (OR-7)<ref name="CIA"/> <br> Party position: ''Cell Operations Foreman, Block Leader'' <ref name="Ley"/> NSDAP-Hauptbereitschaftsleiter.svg|Gorget patch for ''Haupt-<br>Bereitschaftsleiter''<br>Wehrmacht equivalent: ''Stabsfeldwebel'' (OR-8)<ref name="CIA"/> <br>Party position: ''Cell Operations Foreman, Block Leader, Cell Leader''<ref name="Ley"/> </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Literature== * Clark, J. (2007). Uniforms of the NSDAP. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing
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