thumb|SS-Mann from [[KZ Mauthausen]]
Mann (), was a paramilitary rank used by several Nazi Party paramilitary organizations between 1925 and 1945. The rank is most often associated with the Schutzstaffel (SS-Mann), but also was a rank of the SA, where Mann (SA-Mann) was the lowest enlisted rank and was the equivalent of a private.
In 1938, with the rise of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (later renamed the Waffen-SS), the SS changed the rank of Mann to Schütze, although it still retained the original SS rank of Mann for the Allgemeine-SS (general SS). The rank of Mann was junior to SS-Sturmmann.
In most Nazi Party organizations, the rank of Mann held no distinctive insignia. Some groups, however, granted a minor form of rank insignia such as a blank collar patch or simple shoulder board to denote the rank of Mann. (see right: SS rank insignia pattern from 1933)
Even lower ranks, e.g. Bewerber, Jungmann, Anwärter, Vollanwärter, were established in the mid-1930s as a recruit or candidate position, held by an individual seeking an appointment as a Mann in a Nazi Party paramilitary organization.
Insignia
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SS Mannschaften.jpg|SS-Mann (Allgemeine SS) & SS-Schütze (Waffen-SS), shoulder strap
File:SS-Mann, SS-Schuetze, SS-Oberschuetze collar.svg|SS-Mann/ SS-Schütze, collar patch (1940-1945)
File:SA-Mann.svg|SA Gorget patches
File:RBL-Luftschutztruppmann.svg|RBL collar patch<br>(Luftschutztruppmann)
File:NSFK-Mann.svg|NSFK Gorget patch
File:NSKK-Mann.svg|NSKK Gorget patch
File:NSKK-Mann.svg|Volkssturmmann (Volkssturm)
File:NSKK-Mann.svg|RAD Gorget patch<br>(Arbeitsmann)
File:TN-Mann.svg|TeNo shoulder strap
File:PSP-Postschutzmann.svg|Postschutz Gorget patch<br>(Postschutzmann)
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|width="15%" align="center"|Candidate status
- SS-Bewerber <small>(Staffel-Bewerber)</small>
- SS-Jungmann <small>(Staffel-Jungmann)</small>
- SS-Anwärter <small>(Staffel-Anwärter)</small>
- SS-Vollanwärter <small>(Staffel-Vollanwärter)</small>
|width="15%" align="center" style="background:#afafaf;"|1st rank Allgemeine SS<br>SS-Mann
|width="15%" align="center"|2nd rank<br>no equivalent
|width="15%" align="center"|3rd rank<br>SS-Sturmmann
|-
|width="15%" align="center"|Volunteer for joining the Waffen-SS
- SS-Bewerber <small>(Staffel-Bewerber)</small>
- SS-Jungmann <small>(Staffel-Jungmann)</small>
- SS-Anwärter <small>(Staffel-Anwärter)</small>
|width="15%" align="center" style="background:#cfcfcf;"|1st Rank Waffen-SS<br>SS-Schütze
|width="15%" align="center"|2nd rank<br>SS-Oberschütze
|width="15%" align="center"|3rd rank<br>SS-Sturmmann
|-
|width="15%" align="center"|Candidate status<br>SA-Anwärter
|width="15%" align="center" style="background:#EECFA1;"|1st SA rank<br>SA-Mann
|width="15%" align="center"|2nd rank<br>no equivalent
|width="15%" align="center"|3rd rank<br>SA-Sturmmann
|-
|width="15%" align="center"|person liable to military service<br>Wehrmacht
|width="15%" align="center" bgcolor="#A0E0A0"|1st Wehrmacht rank<br>Soldat
|width="15%" align="center"|2nd rank<br>Oberschütze
|width="15%" align="center"|3rd rank<br>Gefreiter
|}