Transcript of the Official Shorthand Notes of 'The Trial of Josef Kramer and Forty Four Others'
Glossary
Ältester |
Senior prisoner (of a group) |
Amtsgruppe |
Branch of the SS 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 |
Blockälteste |
Senior prisoner in a block (i.e. block leader) |
Blockführer |
S.S. block leader |
| B.S.M. | Battery Sergeant Major |
| C.R.A. | Commander Royal Artillery |
| C.S.M. | Company Sergeant Major |
Führer, Führerin |
Leader (S.S.) |
GefoIgschaft |
Staff (i.e. of a factory) |
Gestapo |
Die Geheime Staatspolizei (State Secret Police) |
Häftling |
Prisoner, or inmate |
Hauptmann |
Captain |
Hauptscharführer |
Senior Sergeant in SS |
Hauptsturmführer |
Captain in the S. S. |
| H.E. | High Explosive |
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 (Assistant Commandant) |
Leichenkommando |
Burial squad |
| M.O. | Medical Officer |
| N.C.O. | Non Commisioned Officer |
Obergruppenführer |
General SS |
Oberscharführer |
Sergeant SS |
Obersturmbannführer |
Lieutenant-Colonel SS |
Obersturmführer |
Lieutenant SS |
Platzkommandant |
District Commandant |
| P.T. | Physical training |
Rapportführer |
Member of the camp staff who calls the rollcall at each parade |
| R.A.S.C. | Royal Army Servie Corps |
Regierungs Rat |
Major in Sicherheitspolizei (Sipo) |
Reichsarbeitsdienst |
German Labour Service (R.A.D.) |
Reichsführer |
Chief of the SS (Himmler) |
Rottenführer |
Lance-Corporal SS |
S.A. |
Die Sturmabteilungen der NSDAP (the Brown Shirts) |
Schreiber |
Clerk |
Schutzhäftling |
Prisoner in protective custody |
| Sgt. | Sergeant |
Sonderkommando |
Special unit (i.e. gassing) |
S.S. |
Die Schutzstaffeln der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei |
Stabsarzt |
Medical officer (usually Captain) |
Standartenführer |
Colonel SS |
Stellvertreter |
deputy |
Strafkommando |
Penal detachment |
Strassenbaukommando |
Road building detachment |
Stubenältester |
Room leader (prisoner) |
Stubendienst |
Prisoner responsible for cleaning out room or barrack |
Sturmbannführer |
Major SS |
Sturmmann |
Private in SS (1st Class) |
Sturmscharführer |
Sergeant-Major SS (Staff) |
Totenkommando |
Execution squad |
Totenkopfverbände |
Death's Head Units of the SS |
Truppenübungsplatz |
Parade and exercise ground |
Unterscharführer |
Corporal SS |
Untersturmführer |
2nd Lieutenant SS |
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 |