Adolf Hitler's bodyguard
When Hitler returned to Munich from military service in 1918, he became a member of the Nazi Party, an extremist far-right political party in Bavaria. In 1921, he was elected leader of the party. As his speeches promoted violence and racism, Hitler needed permanent security.
Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party
Heinrich Himmler was a senior member of the Nazi Party and is most well known as the "Reichsfuhrer-SS"; as a result, most of Himmler's attire is connected to his SS uniform. In addition to being "Reichsführer-SS" and a "Reichsleiter", towards the end of World War II he held numerous high level positions including Commander of the Replacement Home Army and General Plenipotentiary for the entire Reich's administration "(Generalbevollmächtigter für die Verwaltung)". Himmler however, never chose to wear a Nazi Party uniform and all photographs of him are in either civilian clothes or in his SS uniform.