Blockführer (Block Leader) was a paramilitary title of the SS, specific to the Totenkopfverbande (Concentration Camp Service). An SS-Blockführer was typically in charge of a prisoner barracks ranging from two hundred to three hundred concentration camp prisoners; in larger camps, this number could be as a high as 1000. The Blockführer was in charge of daily attendance, supervising daily work details, and distributing rations to prisoners.