| |
Aeltester |
senior prisoner
(of a group). |
| |
Amtsgruppe |
Branch of the
S.S. Economic and Administrative Department. |
| |
Appell |
roll-call. |
| |
Arbeitsdienst
|
labour
service. |
| |
Arbeitsdienstführer |
S.S. Labour
Control Officer. |
| |
Arbeitseinsatzstellen |
Manpower
Distributing Centres |
| |
Arbeitskommando |
working
squad. |
| |
Aufseher,
Aufseherin |
warder
(wardress), guard (S.S.). |
| |
Austausch |
exchange |
| |
Blockältester |
senior prisoner
in a block (i.e. block leader) |
| |
Blockführer |
S.S. block
leader |
| |
Führer,
Führerin |
leader
(S.S.). |
| |
Gefolgschaft
|
staff (i.e. of
a factory). |
| |
Gestapo |
Die Geheime
Staatspolizei (State Secret Police) |
| |
Häftling |
prisoner, or
inmate. |
| |
Hauptmann |
Captain. |
| |
Hauptscharführer |
Senior Sergeant
in S.S. |
| |
Hauptsturmführer |
Captain in the
S.S. |
| |
Kapo |
prisoner
voluntarily accepting authority over his fellows and acting as member of camp
staff. |
| |
Kommandant |
Commandant. |
| |
Kommandatur |
Commandant's
office (buildings and staff). |
| |
Kommando |
squad,
detachment. |
| |
Kommandoführer |
S.S
leader of a squad. |
| |
Krankenlager |
sick bay.
|
| |
Lager
|
camp. |
| |
Lagerältester |
senior prisoner
of a camp. |
| |
Lagerführer |
S.S. camp
leader (Assistant Commandant) |
| |
Leichenkommando |
burial
squad |
| |
Obergruppenführer |
General
S.S. |
| |
Oberscharführer |
Sergeant
S.S. |
| |
Obersturmbannführer |
Lieutenant-Colonel S.S. |
| |
Obersturmführer |
Lieutenant
S.S. |
| |
Platzkommandant
|
District
Commandant. |
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Rapportführer |
member of the
camp staff who calls the roll-call at each parade. |
| |
Regierungs
Rat |
Major in
Sicherheitspolizei (Sipo). |
| |
Reichsarbeitsdienst |
German Labour
Service (R.A.D.) |
| |
Reichsführer |
chief of the S.
S. (Himmler). |
| |
Rottenführer |
Lance-Corporal
S.S. |
| |
S.A.
|
Die
Sturmabteilungen der NSDAP (the Brown Shirts). |
| |
Schreiber |
clerk |
| |
Schutzhäftling |
prisoner in
protective custody. |
| |
Sonderkommando |
special unit
(i.e. gassing). |
| |
S.S.
|
Die
Schutzstaffeln der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei. |
| |
Stabsarzt |
medical officer
(usually Captain). |
| |
Standartenführer |
Colonel
S.S. |
| |
Stellvertreter |
deputy. |
| |
Strafkommando |
penal
detachment. |
| |
Strassenbaukommando |
road building
detachment. |
| |
Stubenältester |
room leader
(prisoner). |
| |
Stubendienst |
prisoner
responsible for cleaning out room or barrack. |
| |
Sturmbannführer |
Major
S.S. |
| |
Sturmmann |
Private in S.S.
(1st Class). |
| |
Sturmscharführer |
Sergeant-Major
S.S. (Staff). |
| |
Totenkommando |
execution
squad. |
| |
Totenkopfverbände |
Death’s
Head Units of the S.S. |
| |
Truppenübungsplatz |
parade and
exercise ground. |
| |
Unterscharführer |
Corporal
S.S |
| |
Untersturmführer |
2/Lieutenant S.
S. |
| |
Verwaltungsführer |
administration
officer. |
| |
Verwaltungsgruppe |
Administrative
Unit. |
| |
Vorarbeiter |
foreman. |
| |
Wehrmacht |
armed forces
(Army). |
| |
Wirtschaftsamt |
office for
economic administration matters. |
| |
Wirtschaftsverwaltungshauptamt |
S.S. Economic
and Administrative Department. |
