The Fuhrer is ... The meaning of the word "Fuhrer"

"Führer" is a German word. Hearing him, usually remember the name of the most terrible criminal of the 20th century - Adolf Hitler. How is this word literally translated? And does it have other meanings?

Leader, he is the Fuhrer

Translation from German is known, perhaps, to everyone. "Leader", "leader" - such analogues to this noun are available in Russian. The word der Führer comes from the verb f ühren , which in translation means "to lead," "to lead," to "rule." There are other meanings.

D er Führer - the head, the head. This word can also be translated as "guide", "conductor", "guide". These values have a distant connection with the concept that we are considering in this article. After all, the Fuhrer is the one who not only directs. He leads the people to the cherished goal, after which the universal happiness should come.

True, happiness will affect only the elect. For example, representatives of the "higher race". The word "Fuhrer" became the main meaning. Translation from German until 1941 in the Soviet Union, the negative associations in the people did not cause. After all, this state was ruled by its Fuhrer - a man who for some reason was usually called a leader.

Hitler

The Germans gave Hitler the title of "Fuhrer." It sounds strange to someone who knows the translation of a word. But no less ridiculous foreigners once seemed to use the term "leader" in relation to Stalin.

The Fuhrer is the leader. Camaraden is a comrade. The Hitlerite and Stalinist dictatorships have much in common. A lot of books have been written about this today. Even Vasily Grossman in his novel "Life and Fate" compared the tyrants of the twentieth century, for which he subsequently paid. This word has many shades. And negative appeared in the second half of the twentieth century.

The Fuhrer is a dictator. It can be said that thanks to Hitler, a semantic neologism appeared in German. And only a few decades after the end of the Great Patriotic War, our country began to openly compare the German concept of "Fuhrer" with the Russian word "leader." But, unlike Stalin, Hitler had such a title on the official level.

Fuhrer and Duce

In the thirties and the first half of the fortieth Hitler, his patriotic compatriots were often called simply Führer . The steady phrase Jawohl mein Führer became stable! (Jawol, Mayn Fuhrer). Translation: "Yes, my leader!" The name of the German leader was not pronounced in vain. God-fearing Germans completely forgot about the commandment: "Do not make yourself an idol!" About how Hitler succeeded in winning popular love, bordering on fanatical devotion, many historical works have been written. However, the Fuehrer managed to become far from immediately.

The path of this man to the political Olympus was long. Hitler had a difficult title. In order to acquire the title of Führer, he for more than ten years engaged in propaganda, gaining greater importance and respect among the members of the German Workers' Party. At first they did not notice him. Then he began to cause surprise, and afterwards and reverence. By the end of the thirties, a large part of the German population idolized a little man who had so little in common with a typical German.

In 1922, Hitler inspired the example of Mussolini, namely his campaign against Rome. The Italian politician, he soon surpassed everything: in aggression, swiftness, the power of influence on the masses. However, it was later. And at first Hitler borrowed the title from Mussolini. The Fuhrer is the same Duce, only in the German manner.

Reichsfuehrer SS

One of the meanings of der Führer is the leader. The phrase "SS Fuhrer" is not correct. The SS is an abbreviation for the word Schutzstaffel, which means a militarized formation, which, like every organization, had a leader. He was Reichsfuhrer. Literally this title in Russian can be translated as "the imperial leader".

The last German officer, who holds the post of SS Reichsfuhrer, was Karl Hanke. However, in this rank he was only six days. Heinrich Himmler, the SS Reichsführer from 1929 to 1945, knows more about history. And the interest is not only the life of this historical personality, but also death.

Himmler was arrested at the end of the war by former Soviet prisoners of war. He did not know that he was a Reichsfuehrer, until he himself admitted this. And then Himmler managed to take a dose of cyanide potassium stored in the officer tradition, and die, and did not live to be questioned. The fact that the man who declared Himmler himself and committed suicide was really Reichsfuhrer, for a long time doubted. Therefore, soon after the war was exhumed.

Standartenfuhrer

This is another rank of SS. Standartenfuhrer corresponded to the rank of colonel. It was this rank that had the hero of the famous Soviet series "Seventeen Moments of Spring" Isaev. The word "Standartenfuhrer" is found both in cinema and in literature. The name of this rank is mentioned, for example, in the book Strugatsky "Monday begins on Saturday."

Sönderführer

Concluding the list of concepts from military terminology, one should also name this rank. Sönderführer is an officer who held a certain position due to some professional abilities.

Other values

Morpheme führer is part of many complex German words that have a completely peaceful meaning. Example:

• Parteiführer (leader of the party).
• Oppositionsführer (leader of the opposition) .
  
• Spielführers (captain of the team).
• Abteilungsführer (head of department).
  
• Zugführer (the train's head) .