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This article is about the rank. For people with the surname, see [Helfer (surname)](/source/Helfer_(surname)).

Helfer Helper Country Nazi Germany Service branch German Red Cross Nazi Party Rank Paramilitary rank Formation 1938 Abolished 1945 Next lower rank Anwärter

***Helfer*** (transl. Helper) was a [paramilitary rank](/source/Ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Nazi_Party) of the [Nazi Party](/source/Nazi_Party) between the years of 1938 and 1945. The Nazi rank of *Helfer* was a junior position of the Political Leadership Corps, ranking only above *[Anwärter](/source/Anw%C3%A4rter)*. A *Helfer* in the Nazi Party typically served as a junior assistant to a higher official. The rank was created at first to replace the older Nazi rank of *[Blockleiter](/source/Blockleiter)*; however, a massive expansion of Nazi Party ranks in 1938 assigned the old duties of a *Blockleiter* to a rank known as *[Arbeitsleiter](/source/Arbeitsleiter)*. The rank of *Helfer* then became an assistant position to such higher ranks.

The insignia for a *Helfer* consisted of a brown [collar patch](/source/Collar_patches) with an eagle and swastika, and one or two stripes on the lower portion of the [collar tab](/source/Collar_stays). A single stripe denoted the rank of *Helfer* while two stripes denoted the higher position of *Oberhelfer*. The rank of *Helfer* was also common in Nazi student groups, typically held by the leader of a local student cell who answered to a local Nazi Party leader. In the film “[*Die Weiße Rose*](/source/Die_Wei%C3%9Fe_Rose_(film))”, a character known as “Studentenführer”, holds the rank of *Helfer*. The Nazi rank of *Helfer* ceased to exist in 1945.

## Insignia

Rank group German Red Cross[1][2] DRK-Haupthelfer (mit Zugführer Prüfung) DRK-Haupthelfer DRK-Oberhelfer DRK-Vorhelfer (mit Gruppenführer Prüfung) DRK-Vorhelfer DRK-Helfer Nazi Party[3] Oberhelfer Helfer

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVerlag_Moritz_Ruhl1942[httpspicturesabebookscomLIBRARIUMFINEBOOKS18421533914_5jpg_Table_14]_1-0)** [Verlag Moritz Ruhl 1942](#CITEREFVerlag_Moritz_Ruhl1942), [Table 14](https://pictures.abebooks.com/LIBRARIUMFINEBOOKS/18421533914_5.jpg).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavis1980223_2-0)** [Davis 1980](#CITEREFDavis1980), p. 223.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECIA199925–26_3-0)** [CIA 1999](#CITEREFCIA1999), pp. 25–26.

- [CIA](/source/CIA) (24 August 1999). ["Records Integration Title Book"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170123031622/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-02646R000600030012-6.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-02646R000600030012-6.pdf) (PDF) on January 23, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

- Davis, Brian Leigh (1980). *German Uniforms of the Third Reich 1933-1945* (1st ed.). Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7137-0881-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7137-0881-6).

- Verlag Moritz Ruhl (1942). *Deutsche Uniformen* (in German). Leipzig: Verlag Moritz Ruhl.

v t e Paramilitary ranks of Nazi Germany Combat ranks Anwärter Schütze Oberschütze Sturmmann Rottenführer Unterscharführer Scharführer Oberscharführer Hauptscharführer Sturmscharführer Untersturmführer Obersturmführer Sturmhauptführer (until 1939) Hauptsturmführer Sturmbannführer Obersturmbannführer Standartenführer Oberführer Brigadeführer Gruppenführer Obergruppenführer Oberst-Gruppenführer Combat ranks Volkssturm Volkssturmmann Zugführer Kompanieführer Bataillonsführer Non-combat ranks Bewerber Aufseherin Mann Oberrottenführer HJ Staffelführer Truppführer Obertruppführer Haupttruppführer Sturmführer Blockführer Rapportführer Sonderführer Schutzhaftlagerführer Gauführer Untergruppenführer Stabsführer Reichsjugendführer Korpsführer Oberster SA-Führer Stabschef (SA) Reichsführer-SS Nazi Party ranks (NSDAP) Helfer Arbeitsleiter Bereitschaftsleiter Einsatzleiter Gemeinschaftsleiter Abschnittsleiter Bereichsleiter Dienstleiter Befehlsleiter Gauleiter Reichsleiter Admin position (NSDAP) Abteilungsleiter Amtsleiter Betriebsobmann Bezirksleiter Blockleiter Inspekteur Kreisleiter Mitarbeiter Ortsgruppenleiter Sonderbeauftragter Stellenleiter Stützpunktleiter Zellenleiter Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB) RLB-Präsident Organizations Nazi Party Sturmabteilung Schutzstaffel Allgemeine SS SS-Verfügungstruppe Waffen-SS SS-Totenkopfverbände Hitler Youth National Socialist Motor Corps National Socialist Flyers Corps Volkssturm

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