{{Short description|Political rank of the Nazi Party}} {{Italic title|reason=[[:Category:German words and phrases]]}} [[File:ORGANISATIONSBUCH DER NSDAP 1940 6. Auflage Politische Leiter Uniformen Tafel 07 Dienstanzug mit hellbraunem oder weissen Rock Bereitschaftsleier Gemeinschaftsleiter Nazi Party handbook No copyright Brighter dark scan.jpg|thumb|Uniform of a ''Gemeinschaftsleiter'', 1940 (right)]] '''''Gemeinschaftsleiter''''' (Community Leader) was a [[Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party|Nazi Party political rank]] which existed between 1939 and 1945. Created primary to replace the older rank of ''[[Stützpunktleiter]]'', the rank of ''Gemeinschaftsleiter'' was often used on the local level of the Nazi Party to denote the second in command of a municipal region, answering to a regional Nazi known by the title of ''[[Ortsgruppenleiter]]''.
On higher levels of the [[Nazi Party]] (County, Regional, and National), the rank of ''Gemeinschaftsleiter'' was a mid-level staff position, roughly equivalent to a [[Captain (OF-2)|Captain]].
There were three levels of the rank: ''Gemeinschaftsleiter'', ''Obergemeinschaftsleiter'', and ''Hauptgemeinschaftsleiter''. The insignia made use of four pips with horizontal bars to denote the two higher positions. The rank was subordinate to that of ''[[Abschnittsleiter]]''.
==Insignia== <gallery class="center"> NSDAP-Gemeinschaftsleiter.svg|Gorget patch for ''Gemeinschaftsleiter'' NSDAP-Obergemeinschaftsleiter.svg|Gorget patch for ''Obergemeinschaftsleiter'' NSDAP-Hauptgemeinschaftsleiter.svg|Gorget patch for ''Hauptgemeinschaftsleiter'' </gallery>
==References== * Clark, J. (2007). Uniforms of the NSDAP. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing
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