SS-Anwärter is a German title which translates as “candidate”. During the
Third Reich,
Anwärter/SS-Anwärter was used as a paramilitary rank by both the
NSDAP and the
SS. Within the Nazi Party, an
Anwärter was someone who had been accepted into a government service position and the rank was issued in two degrees: one for party members and the other for non-party members.
Anwärter was the lowest Nazi Party rank in a complex and extensive system of
Nazi Party political ranks leading up to such positions as
Gauleiter and
Reichsleiter.