Helfer is a
German word which translates as "Helper", and the word was used as a
paramilitary rank of the
Nazi Party between the years of
1938 and
1945. The Nazi rank of Helfer was a junior position of the Political Leadership Corps, ranking only above
Anwärter.A Helfer in the Nazi Party typically served as a junior assistant to a higher official. The rank was created at first to replace the older Nazi rank of
Blockleiter; however, a massive expansion of Nazi Party ranks in 1938 assigned the old duties of a Blockleiter to a rank known as Arbeitsleiter. The rank of Helfer then became an assistant position to such higher ranks.
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