| Glossary of Terms
and Abbreviations (Contd.) |
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| Notzucht |
Rape. |
| Obererbgesundheitsgericht |
Higher (Appellate)
Hereditary Health Court. |
| Oberlandesgericht |
District court of
appeals. |
| Oberlandesgerichtspraesident |
Presiding judge of a
district court of appeals; administrative head of all courts in his
district. |
| Oberpraesident |
Chief of administration
of a Prussian province, corresponds to position of Reich governor in other
German states. |
| Oberreichsanwalt |
Attorney general of the
Reich (also translated as chief Reich prosecutor) ; there were two attorneys
general, one at the People's Court, the other at the Reich Supreme Court. |
| Oberster Gerichtsherr
|
Holder of supreme
judicial power (Hitler). |
| Ortsgruppenleiter |
Leader of a subdistrict
of the Nazi Party. |
| Parteikanzlei |
Nazi Party
Chancellery. |
| Polenstrafrechtsverordnung |
Criminal Code for
Poles. |
| Rassenschande |
Race defilement (also
translated as race pollution). |
| Referat (e) |
Office (s) or section
(s) concerned with a specialized subject matter. |
| Referendar |
Young jurist who has
passed a preliminary state legal examination and works as a law clerk in a
court. |
| Referent |
Supervisor of several
professional officials;section chief; expert in a particular field. |
| Reichsanwalt (-waelte)
|
Assistant attorney (s)
general of the Reich (also translated as Reich prosecutor). |
| Reichsgericht |
Reich Supreme
Court. |
| Reichsgesetzblatt |
Reich Law Gazette. |
|
Reichsjustizministerium |
Reich Ministry of
Justice. |
| Reichsstatthalter |
Reich Governor. |
| Reichsstrafprozessordnung |
Code of Criminal
Procedure. |
| Regierungspraesident |
Highest Administrative
official of a state district. (Each German state is subdivided into several
administrative districts [Regierungsbezirke].) |
| Richterbrief (e) |
Judge's Letter (s);
confidential circular letter to German judges and public prosecutors issued by
the Reich Ministry of Justice. |
| Senat |
Division of the Reich
Supreme Court, or a district court of appeals, or the People's Court, or of a
Special Court. |
| Sondergericht |
Special Court. |
| Staatsanwalt |
Public prosecutor at
district court. |
| Staatsanwaltschaft |
Office of the public
prosecutor. |
| Stahlhelm |
German veterans
organization of World War I, incorporated into the SA in 1933. |