| Abteilungsdirektor |
Section chief;
department chief. |
| Abwehr |
Defense;
security; military intelligence; counterintelligence; protection. |
| Abwehrbeauftragter |
Intelligence or
counterintelligence agent or representative; security officer. |
| Abwehrdienststelle |
Military
security control center. |
| Abwehrleitstelle |
Military
intelligence and counterintelligence regional headquarters. |
| Abwehroffizier
(AO) |
Military
intelligence and counterintelligence officer. |
| Abwehrstelle |
Military
intelligence and counterintelligence subregional headquarters (usually
subordinated to an “Abwehrleitstelle”) |
| Abwicklung |
Winding up;
liquidation (of an enterprise). |
| Adolf Hitler
Spende der Deutschen Wirtschaft. |
Adolf Hitler
Fund of German Trade and Industry. |
| Aktenzeichen |
Reference on a
letter; file reference; serial number. |
| Aktie |
Share; stock.
|
| Aktiengesellschaft (A. G.) |
Roughly
translated: stock company or stock corporation; joint-stock company.
|
| Aktiengesetz |
Stock
corporation act; stock corporation law. |
| Aktienkapital
|
Capital stock;
share capital. |
| Aktienrecht
|
Laws relating
to stock corporations; stock laws. |
| Aktionaer |
Shareholder;
stockholder. |
| Aktiva
|
Assets;
resources. |
| Allgemeines
Heeresamt (AHA) |
General Army
Office. |
| Amt |
Office; bureau;
department agency; functions; board. |
| Amt fuer
Deutsche Roh- und Werkstoffe. |
Office for
German Raw Materials and Synthetics (of the Four Year Plan); prior to
establishment of Four Year Plan Office, general functions were performed by the
“Rohstoff und Devisenstab”; in 1938, office was renamed
“Reichsstelle fuer Wirtschaftsausbau”. |
| Amtseid |
Oath of
office. |
| Amtsgericht |
Lower court of
first instance (competent to try petty civil and criminal cases; often
translated as municipal or local court). |
| Amtsgerichtsrat
|
(Official
designation of the) senior judge in an “Amtsgericht”; municipal
judge. |
| Amtsgruppe |
Subdivision;
subsection. |
| Amtsgruppe fuer
Entwicklung und Pruefung des Heereswaffenamts (Wa Pruef) |
Development and
Testing Section of the Army Ordnance Office. |
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