War Crimes Trials - Vol. II The Belsen Trial. 'The Trial of Josef Kramer and Forty Four Others'

Glossary
 
Aeltester
Senior prisoner (of a group)
Amtsgruppe
Branch of the S.S. 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
Blockältester
Senior prisoner in a block (i.e. block leader)
Blockführer
S.S. block leader
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 S.S.
Hauptsturmführer
Captain in the S. S.
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
Obergruppenführer
General S.S.
Oberscharführer
Sergeant S.S.
Obersturmbannführer
Lieutenant-Colonel S.S.
Obersturmführer
Lieutenant S.S.
Platzkommandant
District Commandant
Rapportführer
Member of the camp staff who calls the rollcall at each parade
Regierungs Rat
Major in Sicherheitspolizei (Sipo)
Reichsarbeitsdienst
German Labour Service (R.A.D.)
Reichsführer
Chief of the S.S. (Himmler)
Rottenführer
Lance-Corporal S.S.
S.A.
Die Sturmabteilungen der NSDAP (the Brown Shirts)
Schreiber
Clerk
Schutzhäftling
Prisoner in protective custody
Sonderkommando
Special unit (i.e. gassing)
S.S.
Die Schutzstaffeln der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei
Stabsarzt
Medical officer (usually Captain)
Standartenführer
Colonel S.S.
Stellvertreter
deputy
Strafkommando
Penal detachment
Strassenbaukommando
Road building detachment
Stubenältester
Room leader (prisoner)
Stubendienst
Prisoner responsible for cleaning out room or barrack
Sturmbannführer
Major S.S.
Sturmmann
Private in S.S. (1st Class)
Sturmscharführer
Sergeant-Major S.S. (Staff)
Totenkommando
Execution squad
Totenkopfverbände
Death's Head Units of the S.S.
Truppenübungsplatz
Parade and exercise ground
Unterscharführer
Corporal S.S.
Untersturmführer
2nd Lieutenant S.S.
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
 
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