| Voelkischer
Beobachter |
Central organ
of the NSDAP; five editions related to different parts of Germany. |
| Volksdeutsche |
Persons of
German blood, “racial Germans” (with foreign citizenship and outside
the German frontier). |
| Volksdeutsche
Mittelstelle |
Bureau for the
repatriation and settlement (VOMI), of “racial” Germans; an adjunct
of the SS High Command. |
| Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung (VOWI). |
Economic
Research Department (of I. G. Farben), located in Berlin NW 7. |
| vor Abgang
(v.A.) |
Before
dispatch. |
| Vorsitzender |
Chairman.
|
| Vorstand
|
Managing Board
of Directors (usually not translated since no exact American equivalent).
|
| Vorstandsmitglied |
Member of
Vorstand. |
| Vorzugsaktien |
Preferred
shares or stocks. |
| Waffen-SS |
Military SS
troops (with a command of their own). |
| Wahlkonsul |
Unpaid or
unsalaried consul; honorary or trade consul. |
| Wehrkreis |
Military
district or area (corresponds roughly to corps area). |
| Wehrkreiskommando |
Military area
headquarters. |
| Wehrmacht |
Term for the
collective armed forces of Germany. |
| Wehrmachtsgefangener |
A
soldier-prisoner (a member of the Wehrmacht). |
| Wehrverbaende
(SS and SA) |
Para-military
units. |
| Wehrwirtschaft
|
Military (or
war) economy; military economic system. |
| Wehrwirtschafts
- Ruestungsamt. |
Office of
Military Economics and Armaments (of the OKW). |
| Wehrwirtschafts- und Waffenwesen. |
Military
Economic and Ordnance Affairs (established 1934; renamed
“Wehrwirtschaftsstab” in 1935). |
| Wehrwirtschaftsfuehrer |
Military
Economy Leader (member of the “Wehrwirtschaftsrat”). |
| Wehrwirtschaftsinspektionen |
Military
Economies Inspectorates (established 1935). |
| Wehrwirtschaftsrat |
Military
Economic Council (established at the “Reichswirtschaftskammer” in
1938; its members are called “Wehrwirtschaftsfuehrer”). |
| Wehrwlrtschaftsstab (W. Sib.) |
Military
Economies Staff (of the OKW) formerly: “Wehrwirtschafts- und
Waffenwesen”. |
| Weisung |
See
Anweisung. |
| Weberat der
deutschen Wirtschaft |
National
Advertising Council of the German Economy (created by law of 12 September 1933
to supervise public and private advertisements, under supervision of the
propaganda Ministry). |
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