20.7.31 – SS-Untersturmführer (2nd lieutenant) 9.11.33 – SS-Obersturmführer (1st lieutenant) 1.7.34 – SS-Hauptsturmführer (captain) 20.4.35 – SS-Sturmbannführer (major) 9.11.44 – SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel)[14] 20.12.44 – SS-Unterscharführer (sergeant) (demoted by Himmler)*[15]