title: Bereitschaftsleiter
text: # Bereitschaftsleiter
  
  Bereitschaftsleiter (Readiness Leader) was a 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
  
  * Gorget patch for Bereitschaftsleiter Wehrmacht equivalent: Feldwebel (OR-6) Party position: Cell Operations Foreman, Block Leader
  * Gorget patch for Ober- Bereitschaftsleiter Wehrmacht equivalent: Oberfeldwebel (OR-7) Party position: Cell Operations Foreman, Block Leader
  * Gorget patch for Haupt- Bereitschaftsleiter Wehrmacht equivalent: Stabsfeldwebel (OR-8) Party position: Cell Operations Foreman, Block Leader, Cell Leader
  