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Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations (Contd.)
 
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.

 
 
 
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