WIKING RUF Europäische Freiwilligen in
der Waffen-SS |
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German abbreviations:
GERMAN |
ABBREVIATION |
ENGLISH |
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abgeordnet |
abg. |
temporarily transferred to a
position at another place. |
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Abschnitt |
Abs.; Abschn. |
Sector; district. |
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Abteilung |
A.; Abt. |
Unit, battery, battalion, department |
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Abwehr |
Abw. |
Wehrmacht Intelligence service |
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Abwehrpolizei |
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Counter-espionage police. A
function of the Grenzpolizei under the jurisdiction of the Gestapo. |
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Abzeichen |
Abz. |
Badge of rank, appointment, or
distinction. |
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Adjutantur |
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i. Staff department dealing with
routing personnel and administrative matters; ii. The earlier
title of the Persönlicher Stab RfSS |
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Ahnenerbe Forschungs- und
Lehrgemeinschaft |
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Society for Research into and
Teaching of Ancestral Heritage. Administered by Pers.Stab RfSS, this office
promoted research of family and national hereditary history and dissemination
of racial theories. |
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Allgemeines Heeresamt |
A.H.A. |
General Army Directorate |
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Allgemeine Heeresmitteilungen |
A.H.M. |
General army orders |
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Allgemeine-SS |
Allg. SS |
The general body of the SS,
composed of part-time, full-time, and honorary members. |
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Allgemeines Wehrmachtsamt |
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General Armed Forces Office in OKW,
conerned with matters of personnel, training, equipment, etc. |
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Amt |
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A main office, branch, or
directorate of a Ministry, or an independent Ministry such as the Auswartiges
Amt |
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Amtsgruppe |
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A subordinate branch of a Hauptamt. |
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Anhaltelager |
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Temporary detention camp. |
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Anordnung |
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Order, instruction, or regulation |
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Anwärter |
Anw. |
Cadet or candidate |
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Abeitsdienstführer |
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Overseer of labor performance in a
concentration camp; responsible to the Arbeitseinsatzführer. |
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Arbeitseinsatzführer |
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Supervisor of labor in a
concentration camp. |
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Arbeitserziehungslager |
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Labor education camp for released
prisoners requiring special training to readjust them for industry. |
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Armee-Bekleidungs-Amt |
A.Bekl.Amt |
Army clothing depot |
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Armee-Briefstelle |
A.Briefstelle |
Army postal station |
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Armee-Feldlazarett |
A.Feldlaz. |
Army field hospital |
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Armeekorps |
A.K. |
Infantry corps |
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Armee-Kartenstelle |
A.Kartenstelle |
Army map depot |
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Armee-Kraftfahr-Park |
A.K.P. |
Army motor transport park |
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Armee-Nachrichten-Park |
A,N.Pk. |
Army signals equipment park |
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Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment |
A.N.R. |
Army signals regiment |
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Armee-Oberkommando |
A.O.K. |
Army (H.Q.) |
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Armee-Pferde-Lazarett |
A.Pf.Laz. |
Army veterinary hospital |
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Armee-Sanitäts-Abteilung |
A.San.Abt. |
Army medical unit |
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Armee-Sanitäts-Park |
A.San.Pk. |
Army medical stores park |
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Artillerie-Ersatz-Regiment |
A.E.R. |
Artillery depot/replacement regiment |
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Artillerie-Führer |
Arfü |
Commanding officer divisional
artillery regiment |
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Artillerie-Kommandeur |
Arko |
Artillery commander from G.H.Q.
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Artillerie-Lehr-Regiment |
Art.Lehr-Rgt |
Artillery demonstration regiment |
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Artillerie-Park |
Art.Pk. |
Artillery equipment park |
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Artillerie-Regiment |
A.R.; Art.Rgt. |
Artillery regiment |
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Astronomischer-Mess-Zug |
Astr.Mess-Zug |
Astronomical survey section |
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Aufklärung |
Aufkl. |
lit. enlightenment; military:
Reconnaissance |
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Aufklärungs-Abteilung |
A.A.; Aufkl.Abt. |
Reconnaissance unit |
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Aufklärungs- und Kavallerie-Abteilung |
Aufkl.u.Kav.Abt. |
Reconnaissance and cavalry
demonstration unit |
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Ausbildung |
Ausb. |
Training |
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Ausbildungs-Bataillon |
Ausb.Btl. |
Training battalion |
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Ausbildungs-Division |
Ausb.Div. |
Training division |
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Ausland/Abwehr |
Ausl./Abw. |
Amt (previously an Amtsgruppe) of
OKW responsible for Espionage, Counterespionage, Sabotage, and Foreign
Information. Headed by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris until his arrest for anti-Nazi
activities in 1944, whereupon it was absorbed by the RSHA. |
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Auslands-Organisation |
AO |
The NSDAP agency concerned with
care and supervision of Germans in foreign countries. Ranked as the 43rd Gau
of the NSDAP under Gauleiter and Foreign Office Staatssekretär Ernst-Wilhelm
Bohle. |
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Aussendienststelle or Aussenstelle |
Aust. |
Outstation or outpost of the Sipo
and SD |
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ausser Dienst |
a.D. |
retired; on inactive list |
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Auswärtiges Amt |
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Foreign Office; The Reich Ministry
for Foreign Affairs |
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Bäckerie-Kompanie |
Bäck.Kp. |
Bakery company |
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Bahnhofs-Kommandantur |
Bahnhofs-Kdtr. |
Railway station command |
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Bahnschutzpolizei |
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Railway protection police.
Transferred to SS control, 1942. |
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Bann |
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A subdivision of the Hitler-Jugend
Gebiet (region), approximately comparable to a Kreis (district) of the NSDAP. |
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bataillon |
Btl. |
Battalion |
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Batterie |
Batt(r). |
Battery (artillery troop) |
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Bau-Bataillon |
Bau-Btl. |
Construction battalion |
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Bauinspektion |
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Construction Inspectorate, a branch
of Amtsgruppe C of the SS-WVHA. |
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Beamter |
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An official or functionary. |
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beauftragt |
b. |
authorized; commissioned; in charge |
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Beauftragter |
Beauftr. |
A representative, commissioner, or
administrator. |
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Befehl |
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An order or command. |
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Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres |
B.d.E. |
C.-in-C. Replacement Army |
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Befehlshaber der Ordnungspolizei |
BdO |
Commander of the Orpo in a
Wehrkreis or similar territory. |
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Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolzei und
des Sicherheitsdienstes |
BdS |
Commander of the Sipo and SD in a
Wehrkreis or similar territory. |
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Behörde |
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An authority or administrative
body. |
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bei(m) |
b. |
on; near |
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Bereitschaftsdienst |
BD |
Emergency service branch (of the
TeNo) |
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Bereitschaftspolizei |
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Mobile barracks police units of the
Landespolizei, administered by the various Länder before the police were
centralized in 1935/1936. |
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Bevollmächtigter |
Bev. |
Plenipotentiary |
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Bewachungsmannschaft |
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Guard detachment of the SS in a
concentration camp. |
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Bezirk |
Bez. |
A district; sub-region;
administrative unit. |
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Bezirksverwaltungsgericht |
BVG |
District Administrative Court |
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Blockführer |
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1. An SS NCO in charge of a block
or company of prisoners in a concentration camp, responsible to the
Rapportführer. |
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Blockleiter |
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Lowest official of the NSDAP,
responsible for the political supervision of 40 to 60 households. Subordinate to
a Zellenleiter |
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Bürgermeister |
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Mayor of a mid-size town or smaller
community. |
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Chef der deutschen Polizei |
Ch.d.Dt.P.; ChdDtP; ChdDtPol. |
Commander-in-Chief of the German
Police (Heinrich Himmler) |
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Chef der Heeresrüstung und
Behfehlshaber des Ersatzheeres |
Ch.H.Rü.u.B.d.E. |
Chief of Army Equipment and
Commander of the Replacement Army |
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Chef der Ordnungspolizei |
CdO |
Chief of the Order Police (Daluege,
then Wünnenberg) |
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Chef der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD |
CSSD |
Chief of the Security Police and SD
(Heydrich, then Kaltenbrunner) |
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Chef der Zivilverwaltung |
CdZ |
Head of the Civilian Administration
in an occupied territory. |
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der Reserve |
d.R. |
of the Reserve |
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Deutsch |
Dt. |
German |
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Deutsche Arbeitsfront |
DAF |
The German Labor Front, largest of
the NSDAP's affiliated organizations comprising all the corporations, guilds,
and professional associations. Led by Reichsleiter Dr. Robert Ley. |
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Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke |
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German Equipment Works, SS
enterprise founded in 1939. |
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Deutsche Erd- und Steinwerke GmbH |
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German Clay and BrickworksLtd. SS
enterprise established in 1938, primarily to construct brickworks and exploit
quarries by the use of prisoner labor. |
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Deutsches Rotes Kreuz |
DRK |
German Red Cross. President: NSKK-Obergruppenführer
Herzog von Sachs-Coburg; Vice-President: SS-Obergruppenführer und General der
Waffen-SS Prof. Dr. med. Ernst-Robert Grawitz. |
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Deutsche Umsiedlungs-Treuhand GmbH |
DUT |
German Resettlement Trust Ltd.,
affiliated with the RKFDV. |
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Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe GmbH |
DWB |
German Economic Enterprises Ltd.,
an enterprise controlled by the SS-WVHA. |
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Dienstgrad |
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Rank or grade |
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Dienststelle |
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Headquarters, administrative
office, station, or depot. |
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Durchgangslager |
Dulag |
POW transit camp |
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Ehrenführer |
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Honorary SS leader. Distinction
accorded by Himmler to leading NSDAP and State figures nominally attached to
his staff. |
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Eingetragener Verein. A registered
society (e.g., Lebensborn e.V. |
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e.V. |
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Einheit |
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Unit |
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Einsatz |
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Action, operation, employment |
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Einsatzgruppe |
EGru. |
Operational group or task force of
the Sipo and SD for special missions (particularly liquidiations of Jews,
communist officials, etc.) in occupied territory. |
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Einsatzkommando |
Ekdo. |
Detachment of the Sipo and SD;
subordinate element of an Einsatzgruppe |
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Einwandererzentrallstelle |
EWZ |
Central Immigration Office
administered by the RSHA and part of the RKFDV. |
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Eisenbahn-Artillerie |
Eisb.Art. |
Railway artillery |
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Eisenbahn-Baubataillon |
Eisb.Baubtl. |
Railway construction battalion |
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Eisenbahn-Baukompanie |
Eisb.Baukomp. |
Railway construction company |
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Eisenbahn-Betriebs-Kompanie |
Eisb.Betr.Kp. |
Railway operating company |
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Eisenbahn-Fernsprech-Kompanie |
Eisb.Fsp.Kp. |
Railway telephone company |
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Eisenbahn-Küchenwagen-Abteilung |
Eisb.Küchenwg.Abt. |
Railway kitchen car unit |
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Eisenbahn-Nachrichten-Abteilung |
Eisb.Nachr.Abt. |
Railway signals unit |
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Eisenbahn-Pionier-Bau-Kompanie |
Eisb.Pi.Baubtl. |
Railway engineer construction company |
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Eisenbahn-Pionier-Park |
Eisb.Pi.Pk. |
Railway engineer equipment park |
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Eisenbahn-Pionier-Regiment |
Eisb.Pi.Rgt. |
Railway engineer regiment |
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Eisenbahn-Pionier-Stab zur besonderen
Verwendung |
Eisb.Pi.St.z.b.V. |
Special railway engineer staff |
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Eisenbahn-Pionier-Zug |
Eisb.Pz.Zug |
Armored train |
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Entgiftungs-Abteilung |
Entg.Abt. |
Decontamination battalion |
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Entlade-Stab |
Entl.St. |
Unloading staff |
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Ergänzungs- |
Erg. |
Reserve; supplementary |
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Erlass |
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Edict, decree, or order |
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Ernährung |
Ern. |
Food; nutrition |
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Ersatz |
Ers. |
Training; depot; reinforcement |
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Ersatz-Teillager |
Ers.Teillag. |
Spare parts depot |
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europäisch |
europ. |
European |
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Fachreferat |
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A specialist subsection or 'desk'
in an office or headquarters. |
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Feldbahn-Kompanie |
Feldbahnkp. |
Field railway company |
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Feldeisenbahn-Betriebs-Abteilung |
Feldeisb.Betr.Abt. |
Field railway operating unit |
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Feldeisenbahn-Direktion |
Feldeisb.Dir. |
(see Feldeisenbahn-Kommando) |
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Feldeisenbahn-Maschinen-Abteilung |
Feldeisb.Masch.Abt. |
Field railway machine unit |
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Feldeisenbahn-Nachschub-Lager |
Feldeisb.Nachsch.Lag. |
Field railway supply depot |
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Feldeisenbahn-Kommando |
Feldeisb.Kdo. |
Field railway command |
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Feldeisenbahn-Werkstatt-Abteilung |
Feldeisb.Werkst.Abt. |
Field railway workshop unit |
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Feldgendarmerie-Abteilung |
F.G.A. |
Military police battalion |
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Feldgendarmerie-Trupp |
Feldgend.Tr. |
Military police detachment |
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Feldjägerkorps |
FJK |
A shock formation of the SA,
dissolved 1935 and incorporated into the Police. |
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Feldkommandantur |
F.K. |
Administrative H.A. in occupied
countries (of regimental status) |
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Feldlazarett |
Feldlaz. |
Field hospital |
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Feldnachrichten-Kommandantur |
Feldnachr.Kdtr. |
Field signals command |
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Feldschalt-Abteilung |
Feldschalt-Abt. z.b.V. |
Special signals relay unit |
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Feld-Sonder-Bataillon |
Feld-Sd.Btl. |
Special penal battalion |
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Feld-Wasser-Strassen-Räum Abteilung |
Feld-Wasser-Str.R.Abt. |
Waterways clearing battalion |
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Feldwerkstatt |
Feldwerkst. |
Field workshop (ordnance) |
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Fernkabel-Bau-Abteilung |
Fernkab.Bau-Abt. |
Trunk-line telegraph construction
unit |
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Fernschreibkompanie |
Fernschreibkp. |
Teleprint company |
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Feste-Nachrichten-Stelle |
Feste-Nachr.Stelle |
Static signals station |
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Festungs-Baubataillon |
Fstgs.Baubtl. |
Fortress construction battalion |
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Festungs-Bataillon |
Fstgs.Btl. |
Fortress battalion |
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Festungs-Nachrichten-Kommandantur |
Fstgs.Nachr.Kdtr. |
Fortress signals command |
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Festungs-Pionier-Abschnitt-Gruppe |
Fstgs.Pi.Abschn.Gr. |
Fortress engineer sector group |
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Festungs-Pionier-Kommandeur |
Fstgs.Pi.Kdr. |
Fortress engineer commander |
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FestungsPionier Park |
Fstngs.Pi.Pk. |
Fortress engineer park |
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Festungs-Pionier-Stab |
Fstgs.Pi.St. |
Fortress engineer staff |
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Festungs-Regiment |
Fstgs.Rgt. |
Fortress regiment |
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Feuerschutzpolizei |
FSchp. |
Fire Protection Police; a branch of
the Orpo |
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Filmtrupp |
Filmtr. |
Film section |
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Filterkolonne |
Filterkol. |
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Fördernde Mitglied der SS |
F.M. |
Sponsoring member of the SS paying
monthly dues for that status; did not hold actual SS rank. In many cases the
wives of SS officers held this title. |
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Freiherr |
Frhr. |
Baron (aristocratic title; eg:
Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath) |
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freiwilligen |
freiw. |
Volunteer |
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Führer |
Fhr. |
Leader; commander; chief. The title
"Der Führer" was only used in reference to Adolf Hitler. |
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Führerhauptquartier |
FHQ |
Hitler's Field Headquarters |
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für |
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for |
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Funk |
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Radio |
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Gau |
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Main territorial division of the
NSDAP. There were 42 Gaue in the Reich and annexed territories, with a
further 43rd Gau comprising the Auslandsorganisation (AO; Foreign
Organization of the Nazi Party) |
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Gauleiter |
GL |
Highest ranking NSDAP official in a
Gau, with responsibility for all matters of politics and econoomics, labor
mobilization, and civil defense. |
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Gebirgs-Armee |
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Mountain Army; a formation of the
German Army) |
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Gebirgs-Division |
Geb.Div. |
Mountain Division of the Heer or
Waffen-SS |
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Gebirgs-Korps |
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Mountain Corps (a formation of the
Heer or Waffen-SS) |
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Geheim |
Geh. |
Secret |
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Geheime Feldpolizei |
GFP |
Secret Field Police |
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Geheime Kommandosache |
Geh.KdoS. |
Secret Command matters; a very high
security classification. |
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Geheime Reichssache |
Geh.RchS. |
Secret matter of National
importance; highest security classification. |
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Geheimes Staatspolizei |
Gestapo |
Secret State Police; Amt IV of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt
from 1939. |
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Gemeinde |
Gem. |
Municipality, community |
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Gemeindepolizei |
Gem.Pol. |
Municipal Police |
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genannt |
gen. |
Called; named; known as |
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Gendarmerie |
Gend. |
Rural police, including motorized
traffic control units |
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Generalbevollmächtigter |
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Plenipotentiary General |
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Generalgouvernement |
GG |
The Government General -
German-occupied Poland and the administration thereof under Dr. jur. Hans Frank. |
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Generalkommando |
Gen.Kdo. |
Headquarters of an Army Corps. |
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Generalquartiermeister des Heeres |
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Quartermaster-General of the German
Army |
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Generalstab des Heeres |
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The German Army General Staff. |
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Germanische Leitstelle |
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Germanic Liaison Office of the
SS-Hauptamt, responsible for supervision of Germanic SS. |
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Grenadier |
Gren. |
adj.: Infantry; n.:
infantryman |
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Grenzpolizei |
Grepo; GP |
Frontier Police (a branch of the
Gestapo) |
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Grenzpolizeiamt |
GPA |
Frontier Police Office |
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Grenzpolizei-Posten |
Grepo |
Frontier Police Outpost |
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Grenzpolizeikommissariat |
Greko |
Frontier Police Commissariat |
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Gross |
Gr. |
Great; large |
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hauptamtlich |
(H) |
full time; fully paid; professional |
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Hauptaussenstelle |
HAuSt.; HASt. |
Large branch office of the SD |
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Hilfspolizei |
Hipo |
Auxiliary Police |
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Hitler-Jugend |
HJ |
Hitler Youth organization |
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Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer |
HSSPF |
Higher and Police Leader |
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in; im |
i. |
in; in the |
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Infanterie-Division |
Inf.Div.; I.D. |
Infantry division |
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Infanterie-Regiment |
Inf.Rgt.; I.R. |
Infantry regiment |
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Inspekteur |
Ing. |
Engineer |
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Inspektor; Inspekteur |
Insp.; I. |
Inspector |
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Inspekteur der Ordnungspolizei |
IdO |
Original title for the BDO [see
Befehlshaber der Ordnungspolizei] |
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Inspekteur der Sicherheitspolizei und
des Sicherheitsdienstes |
IdS; Insp.d.Sipo u.d.SD |
Inspector of the Security Police
and Security Service |
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Internationale Kriminalpolizeiliche
Kommission |
IKPK |
International Criminal Police
Commission |
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Kaserne |
Kas. |
Barracks |
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Kavallerie |
Kav. |
Cavalry |
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Kavallerie-Division |
Kav.Div.; K.D. |
Cavalry division |
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Kavallerie-Regiment |
Kav.Rgt.; K.R. |
Cavalry regiment |
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Kommandant |
Kdt. |
commandant |
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Kommandantur |
Kdtr. |
Administrative HQ; Garrison HQ |
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Kommandeur |
Kdr. |
commander |
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Kommandeur der Bautruppen |
Comander, construction troops |
Kdr. der Bau-Tr. |
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Kommandeur der Kraftfahrparktruppen |
Kdr. der Kf.Pk.Tr. |
Commander, motor transport park
troops |
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Kommandeur der Nachrichtentruppen |
Kdr. der Nachr.Tr. |
Commander, signals troops |
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Kommandeur der Ordnungspolizei |
KdO |
Commander of the uniformed police
in a general commissariat; subordinate to the BdO. |
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Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolizei und
des Sicherheitsdienstes |
KdS |
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Kommando |
Kdo. |
Command; detachment; detail |
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kommissarisch |
(k) |
temporarily put in charge |
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Kompnaie |
Komp. |
Company |
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Konzentrationslager |
KL (official abbr.); KZ (unofficial
abbr.) |
Concentration Camp |
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Kraft durch Freude |
KdF |
The Nazi "Strength through
Joy" movement |
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Kreis |
Kr. |
District (US: County) |
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Kriegs- |
K |
war-; wartime |
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Kriminalpolizei |
Kripo |
Criminal Police; Amt V of the
Reichssicherheitshauptamt from 1939. |
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Kriminalpolizei-Aussendienststelle |
KPAuDSt. |
Large branch office of the Kripo |
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Kriminalpolizei-Aussenposten |
KPAuP. |
Small branch office of the Kripo |
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Kriminalpolizei-Leitstelle |
KPLSt. |
Regional HQ of Kripo |
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Kriminalpolizeistelle |
KPSt. |
Sub-regional HQ of Kripo |
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Land |
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One of the 15 territorial divisions
of Republican Germany, each with its own government. Controlled by
the central Reich government through Reichsstatthalter from 1933. |
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(Kasernierte) Landespolizei |
Lapo |
State Police; Militarized Barrack
Police Forces of the Lander; taken over by Reich after 1935 and placed under
Wehrmacht control |
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Landwirtschaft |
Landw. |
Agriculture |
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Lebensborn e.V. |
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The "Fountain of Life"
society, established by the SS in 1936. Attached to Pers. Stab RfSS and
affiliated with the SS-RuSHA. Main functions of the society were adoption of
"racially suitable" children for childless SS families,
encouragement and facilitation of procreation between "Aryan" men
and women, and the promotion of the racial policies of the SS. |
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Leitabschnitt |
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Regional HQ of the SD,
approximately coinciding with a Wehrkreis. |
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Legationsrat |
Leg.Rat |
Legation or embassy counsellor in
the Foreign Office. |
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Leitend(er) |
Lt. |
governing; leading; executive |
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Leitender Regierungsdirektor |
LtRDir. |
Title of an executive assistant in
a high government office |
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Leiter |
Ltr. |
Chief |
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Leitstelle |
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Regional HQ of the Gestapo or
Kripo, established at the HQ of a Wehrkreis or capital of a Land. |
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Luftschutzpolizei |
LSP |
Air raid protection police
established in 1942 from personnel of the SHD and TeNo as an element of the
Schutzpolizei. Recruited primarily from reservists of the Polizei. |
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Marine Küsten Polizei |
MKP |
Naval Coastal Police |
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Mark |
Mk. |
Region; province; also type |
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Militär; militärisch |
Mil.; milit. |
military |
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Minister |
Min. |
Minister |
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Ministerialblatt für die innere
Verwaltung or Ministerialblatt des Reichs- und Preuss. Innenministeriums |
MBliV |
Official gazette of the Reich and
Prussian Ministries of the Interior |
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Ministerialdirektor |
MinDir. |
A senior civil service official.
Department head in a ministry with the approximate equivalent of Lt.-Gen.. |
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Ministerialdirigent |
MinDirig. |
Executive official in a Ministry
with the approximate equivalent ofMaj.-General. |
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Ministerialrat |
MinRat |
Senior ministerial counsellor in
civil service; usually head of a section within a ministry; approximately
equivalent to a Colonel. |
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Ministerpräsident |
Min.Präs. |
Minister-President; Prime Minister
of a Land government (e.g> SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Dietrich Klagges of
Braunschweig). |
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mit |
m. |
with |
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mit der Führung der Geschäfte
beauftragt |
m.d.F.d.G.b. |
Temporarily charged with the
conduct of affairs |
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mit der Führung beauftragt |
m.d.F.b. |
Temporarily charged with leadership |
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mit der vertretungsweisen Führung
beauftragt |
m.d.vertretungsw.F.b. |
Temporarily charged with the
conduct of affairs |
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mit der Wahrnehmung der Geschäfte
beauftragt |
m.d.W.d.G.b. |
Temporarily charged with the
conduct of affairs |
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Mitglied |
Mitgl. |
Member |
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Mitglied des Reichstages |
M.d.R. |
Member of the Reichstag |
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motorisiert |
mot. |
motorized |
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Nachrichten |
N; Na.; Nachr. |
Signals |
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Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalten |
Napola |
National Political Educational
Instittues. Secondary schools organized along the lines of the Hitler-Jugend
and under the jurisdiction of the Dienststelle Heissmeyer (under
SS-Obergruppenfuhrer August Heissmeyer) |
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Nationalsozialistische Deutsche
Arbeiter Partei |
NSDAP |
National-Socialist German Workers'
Party |
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Nationalsozialistische-Fliegerkorps |
NSFK |
NS Flying Corps. Led by NSFK-Korpsfuhrer/General
der Flieger Christiansen until 1943, then by NSFK-Korpsfuhrer / Generaloberst
Alfred Keller until 1945. |
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Nationalsozialistische-Kraftfahrkorps |
NSKK |
NS Motor Corps. Led by
NSKK-Korpsfuhrer Adolf Huhnlein until his death in 1942, then by
NSKK-Korpsfuhrer Erwin Krauss until 1945. Played an important role in the
military and paramilitary training. |
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Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt |
NSV |
National-Socialist People's Welfare
Organization, primarily responsible for the care of mothers and juveniles and
headed by SS-Gruppenfuhrer Erich Hilgenfeldt). |
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Nord |
N |
north |
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Nordost |
NO |
northeast |
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Nordwest |
NW |
northwest |
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Nummer |
Nr. |
number |
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Ober- |
O. |
higher |
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Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres |
OB d.H |
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Oberbürgermeister |
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Lord Mayor of a large town or city. |
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Oberkommando des Heeres |
OKH |
High Command of the Army |
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Oberkommando der Marine |
OKM |
German Navy High Command |
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Oberkommando der Wehrmacht |
OKW |
High Command of the Armed Forces
(Hitler was supreme commander, while GFM Wilhelm Keitel headed OKW) |
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Oberpräsident |
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Senior administrative official in a
Prussian province. |
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Oberpräsident |
OPräs.; OPrs. |
Chief Administrator and government
executive of a Prussian Province |
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Oberregierungsrat |
ORR |
Senior government counsellor of the
civil service; approximately equivalent to a Lt.-Col. |
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Oberschlesien |
O.S.; OS. |
Prussian Province of Upper Silesia |
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Oberste SA Führer |
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Supreme SA Leader (Hitler from
1930) |
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Oberstes Parteigericht |
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Supreme NSDAP Court (under
Reichsleiter Walter Buch) |
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Offizier |
Off.; Offz. |
officer |
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Ordnungspolizei |
Orpo |
"Order police". Regular
unformed police force of the Reich, consisting of the Schutzpolizei,
Gendarmerie, and Feuerschutzpolzie as well as various technical and auxiliary
services (such as the Technische Nothilfe [TeNo] |
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Organisation Todt |
Org. Todt; OT |
Semi-military government
construction force, established 1933 under Dr.-Inf. Fritz Todt, responsible
for bulding strategic highways and military installations/fortifications.
Controlled by Todt's successor, Albert Speer, after Todt's death in February
1942. |
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Ortsgruppenleiter |
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NSDAP official in charge of one or
more parts of a town; subordinate to a Kreisleiter. |
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Ortsgruppenleiter |
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NSDAP official responsible for one
or several communes of a part of a town; subordinate to a Kreisleiter. |
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Osten |
O |
east |
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Ostindustrie GmbH |
Osti |
Eastern Industries Ltd.; SS concern
formed with primary purpose of exploiting Jewish labor in Poland. |
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Ostpreußen |
Ostpr. |
Prussian Province of East Prussia |
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Panzer |
Pz. |
Armor; tank |
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Parteikanzlei |
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Hitler's chancellery as leader of
the NSDAP. Headed by Reichsleiter and SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Martin Borman. |
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Personalhauptamt |
SS-PHA |
Main personnel office of the SS,
responsible for records of all SS officers. |
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Politische Bereitschaft |
|
Political alarm squad. Forerunner
units of the SS-Verfügungstruppe. |
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Polizeipräsident |
Pol.Präs. |
Police President. Head of the
regular police in a large city. |
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Polizeiverwaltung |
PV |
Police administration |
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Polizeiverwaltungsgesetz |
PVG |
Police Administration Law |
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Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt |
RuSHA |
SS Race & Settlement Main
Office, responsible for racial purity of the SS and settlement of SS
colonists in occupied eastern territories. |
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Referat |
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A sub-section or "desk"
within a Gruppe. |
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Referent |
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Official in charge of a Referat. |
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Regierungsbezirk |
Reg.Bez. |
Sub-division of a Prussian
province. Also, an administrative district of Bavaria. |
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Regierungsdirektor |
Reg.Präs. |
Rank of administrative official in
a regional government, approximately equal with that of Colonel. |
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Regierungspräsident |
Reg.Präs. |
Senior government official in a
Regierungsbezirk. |
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Regierungsrat |
RegRat.; RR. |
Government counsellor. Lowest rank
in the higher civil service; approximately equivalent to the rank of Major. |
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Reichsarbeitsdienst |
RAD |
Reich Labor Service, headed by the
Reichsarbeitsfuhrer, Reichsminister Konstantin Hierl (1875 - 1955) |
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Reichsarbeitsministerium |
RAM |
Reich Labor Ministry. |
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Reichsbevollmächtigter |
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Reich Plenipotentiary controlling
the civil affairs of an occupied country (e.g.- SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Dr. jur.
Karl
Werner Best in Denmark). |
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Reichsfinanzministerium |
RFM |
Reich Finance Ministry. |
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Reichsführer-SS und Chef der Deutschen
Polizei |
RF SS u. Chef d. Dtsch.Pol. |
"Reich SS Leader and Chief of
the German Police"; Heinrich Himmler's title from Jun. 1936. |
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Reichsführung-SS |
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Supreme command of the SS,
comprising the Persönlicher Stab RfSS and the Hauptämter |
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Reichsgau |
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One of eleven regions formed from
territories annexed from Poland and Austria in 1938 and 1939 |
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Reichsgesetzblatt |
RGB |
Official legal gazette issued in
two parts by the Reichsministerium des Inner. Part I concerned current
legislation; Part 2 dealt with international treaties, etc. |
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Reichskommissar für die Festigung
Deutschen Volkstums |
Title given to Heinrich Himmler in
1939 entrusting him with the repatriation of Volksdeutsche ("racial
Germans") and the settlement of German colonies in the East. A
Stabshautamt RKFDV was established under SS-Ogruf. Ulrich Greifelt to put
Himmler's plans for Germanic mastery into effect. |
Reich Commissioner for the
Strengthening of Germanism |
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Reichskommissariat für die Ostland |
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German civil administration in the
Baltic States (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania) and White Russia (Byelorussia),
1941 - 1945. Reichskommissar Ostland, with HQ in Riga, was Gauleiter Hinrich
Lohse. |
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Reichskriminalpolizeiamt |
RKPA |
The headquarters of the
Kriminalpolizei (Amt V of the RSHA), headed by SS-Gruppenfuhrer und
Generalleutnant der Polizei Arthur Nebe. |
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Reichsleiter |
RL |
The highest rank in the NSDAP
hierarchy. |
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Reichsluftschutzbund |
RLB |
The Reich Air Raid Protection
League. |
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Reichsministerium für die besetzten
Ostgebiete |
Ostministerium |
Reich Ministry for the Occupied
Eastern Territories. Reichsminister (1941 - 45): Reichsleiter Alfred
Rosenberg; Staatssekretär (1941 - 45): Gauleiter Dr. Alfred Meyer. |
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Reichsministerium des Innern |
RMdI. |
Reich Ministry of the Interior |
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Reichssicherheitshauptamt |
RSHA |
Reich Security Main Office |
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Reichsstrafgesetzbuch |
RStGB |
Reich Penal Code |
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Reichstag |
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The German Parliament. Largely a
figurehead body after its legislative powers were taken away and granted to
the Reich Government by way of Hitler's "Enabling Act" of 24. March 1933. |
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Reichsstatthalter |
Rsth. |
Reich Governor; Hitler's
representative in a German Land or Reichsgau. |
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Reichswehr |
RW |
The armed forces of Germany from
1919 until the enactment of the Wehrgesetz (Defense Law) of 21. May 1935; on
that date, its title was changed to Wehrmacht. |
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Sachbearbeiter |
|
Officer or official responsible for
a specific matter. |
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Sanitätsdienst |
|
Medical service |
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Schutzmannschaften< |
Schuma |
Auxiliary police units composed of
foreign elements and Volksdeutsche; the first Schuma unit was set up in the
Ukraine in Aug. 1941. |
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Schutzpolizei |
Schupo; Schp. |
Protection Police. The regular
uniformed municipal and country police forces, comprising most of the
membership of the Ordnungspolizei. |
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Schutzstaffel |
SS |
lit. Protection or Guard
Detachment. Established in 1925 from the Stoßtrupp Adolf Hitler, the SS
became, under Heinrich Himmler, the most powerful organization in the Third
Reich. |
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Selbstschutz |
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1) A German nationalist
self-prtotection organization formed in Silesia in 1920; 2) A self protection
militia recruited from the Volksdeutsche in Poland by the SS; 3) Self-Protection
Service, an element of the Luftschutzdienst composed of air raid wardens and
other nonmilitary air raid protection personnel |
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Sicherheitsdienst des RfSS |
SD |
The SS Security Service established
by Reinhard Heydrich in 1931 as the intelligence organization of the Nazi
Party. |
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Sicherheitspolizei |
Sipo |
Security Police, composed of the
Gestapo and Kripo. |
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Sicherheits- und Hilfsdienst |
SHD |
Security and Assistance Service, an
auxiliary police unit responsible for air raid-related tasks. Superseded by
the Luftschutzpolizei, 1942. |
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Sicherheitsverwahrung |
|
Protective detention |
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Sigrunen |
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The runic double "S"
insignia of the Schutzstaffel. |
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Sonderbehandlung |
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lit. special treatment. Nazi
euphemism for killing those in detention. |
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Sonderkommando |
Skdo. |
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SS und Polizeiführer |
SS-u.Pol.F.; SSPF |
SS and Police Commander in the
eastern occupied territories, subordinate to the HSSPF. |
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Staatssekretär |
Sta.Sek. |
State Secretary in a Reich or Land
Government Ministry. |
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Stab |
St. |
staff |
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Stabschef |
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Chief of Staff of the SA. |
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Stabsführer |
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Chief of Staff [e.g., to the Führer
of an SS-Oberabschnitt]. |
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Stadthauptmann |
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Senior administrative official in a
Stadthauptmannschaft, a subdivision of a district in the Generalgouvernment
(occupied Poland). |
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Standortführer |
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Garrison commander |
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Stellvertreter |
Stellv. |
Deputy |
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Sturmabteilungen |
SA |
The Stormtroops; the original
defense formations of the NSDAP, founded in 1921. Purged in Jun./Jul. 1934
when it became too radical and unwieldly for Hitler's tastes, prompting him
to wipe out most of its leadership, including SA-Stabschef Ernst Röhm. The
purge of the SA was carried out by Himmler's SS, initially a subunit of the
SA, and in its wake the SS gained considerable power. |
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Technische Nothilfe |
TeNo; TN |
Technical Emergency Corps,
established in 1919. Auxiliary force of the Ordnungspolizei consisting of
engineers, technicians, and specialists involved with construction work,
communications, salvage, public utilities, etc. Led by SS-Gruppenfuhrer und
Generalleutnant der Polizei Hans Weinreich from Jun. 1937 to Jun. 1943, then
by SS-Gruppenfuhrer und Generalleutnant der Polizei Dipl.Ing. Willy
Schmelcher from 15. Oct. 1943 to May 1945 |
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Teilkommando |
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A sub-unit; Smallest element of an
Einsatzgruppe of the Sipo and SD. |
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Totenkopfverbände |
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Death's Head units, employed in the
concentration camps as guards. Formed the nucleus of the
SS-Totenkopf-Division when it was formed in October 1939. |
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Trupp |
Tr. |
Squad or detail. An SA (and in its
early years, SS) unit equivalent to a platoon. |
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Truppenübungsplatz |
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Troop training area. |
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Untersuchung |
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Investigation; interrogation |
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Umwandererzentralstelle |
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Central Transfer Office concerned
with resettlement of Polish deportees from the Wartheland. An element of
the RKFDV. |
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Unterführer |
|
Non-commissioned officer. |
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Verband |
Verb. |
A formation or unit. |
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Verbindungsoffizier |
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Liaison officer |
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Vernichtungslager |
|
Extermination camp. |
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Verordnung |
|
Decree; regulation; order |
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Vertrauensmann |
|
Intelligence agent or informer. |
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Verwaltung |
Verw. |
Administration |
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Verwaltungspolizei |
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Administrative branch of the
Ordnungspolizei and Sicherheitspolizei |
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Volksbund fur das Deutschtum im
Ausland |
VDA |
The League for Germans Abroad.
Pre-Nazi organization concerned with activities of the Volksdeutsche (ethnic
Germans). Taken over by the NSDAP, 1930 and eventually absorbed by the
Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle under SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Werner Lorenz. |
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Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle |
VoMi |
Ethnic German Assistance Office.
Established as the Buro von Kursell, 1936 and renamed in 1937. Led by
SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Werner Lorenz, it obtained the status of a Hauptamt of
the SS in 1941. |
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Volksgruppe |
|
An ethnic group |
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Volkskartei |
|
National Register kept by the
Verwaltungspolizei. Introduced in 1939 to facilitate conscription of men and
women for the Wehrmacht, Reichsarbeitsdienst, etc. |
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Volkstum |
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nationality |
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Vorbeugungshaft |
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Preventive arrest |
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Vorschrift |
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Regulation(s), instruction(s), or a
manual |
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Waffen-SS |
W-SS |
Fully militarized combat formations
of the SS |
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Wehrdienstpflicht |
|
Obligation to serve in the
Wehrmacht |
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Wehrkreis |
Wkr. |
A Military District. |
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Wehrmacht |
WH; Wehrm. |
The armed forces, consisting of the
German Army (Heer), Navy (Kriegsmarine), and Air Force (Luftwaffe) |
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Wehrmachtbefelshaber |
|
Senior Armed Forces commander in an
occupied territory. |
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Wehrmachtfuhrungsstab |
|
Armed Forces Operations Staff,
headed by Generaloberst Alfred Jodl. |
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Wehrwirtschaft |
|
Military or war economy |
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Wehrwirtschaftsamt |
|
War Economics Directorate of OKW. |
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Weisung |
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directive |
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zur besonderer Verwendung |
z.b.V. |
for special employment |
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Zellenleiter |
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Cell leader. An NSDAP official
responsible for four to five blocks of households; subordinate to an
Ortsgruppenleiter. |
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Zollgrenzdienst |
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Border Customs Service |
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