The rank of SS-Volksmarschall (People's Marshal) was a proposed rank of the Waffen-SS.
In 1944, on the instructions of Adolf Hitler, it was planned to introduce this rank for the Waffen-SS for possible promotion from the rank of SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer. The Waffen-SS was not part of the German armed forces, and therefore their members could not be appointed to the rank of Field Marshal (which is generally seen as the equivalent of a five-star general or army general in other armed forces): therefore, an equivalent Field Marshal rank should be created for the Waffen-SS. Designs for a Volksmarschall baton were made, which disappeared in the archives of the USSR after the war. It was planned to promote Josef Dietrich to SS-Volksmarschall on the success of the Battle of the Bulge, but this did not happen because of failure.
In the propaganda of Joseph Göbbels, Erwin Rommel was called People's marshal.