''Mitarbeiter'' (German for "Work Colleague", "co-worker") was also a Nazi Party political rank and title which existed between 1933 and 1945. As a political rank, ''Mitarbeiter'' was created in 1933 after the

Nazis came to power Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in the newly established Weimar Republic in September 1919 when Hitler joined the '' Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' (DAP; German Workers' Party). He rose to a place of prominence in the early years of the party. Be ...

in Germany. Considered the lowest political rank, ''Mitarbeiter'' replaced the older rank of ''

Blockleiter ''Blockleiter'' (Block Warden), where ''block'' refers to city block, was from 1933 the title of a lower Nazi Party political rank responsible for the political supervision of a neighborhood. Referred to in common parlance as ''Blockwart'', t ...

'' and was also used as an administrative staff rank on the ''Kreis'' (County), ''Gau'' (Region), and ''Reich'' (National) Party Levels. In 1939, the political rank of ''Mitarbeiter'' was phased out and replaced by several new paramilitary political positions. The term ''Mitarbeiter'' survived as a political title after this, and was denoted by a special armband.

Sources

* Clark, J. (2007). Uniforms of the NSDAP. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing {{nazi-stub Nazi political ranks