Abbreviation

German

English

NSFK

NSF

NSK

Nationalsozialis

tisches Flieger-
korps

NS Flying Corps
Nationalsozialis-

tische Frauen-
schaft

NS Women's League
Nationalsozialis-

tische Korre-
spondenz

NS Official News Agency
Nationalsozialis-
tischer Kraftfahr-
korps

NS Motor Corps
Nurnberger Gesetze Nurnberg anti-Semitic laws

NSKK

OB
ObKom.

. OKL

Oberfehlshaber Commander in Chief
Oberkommando High Command
Oberkommando der
Luftwaffe

Air Force High Command
Oberkommando der
Marine

Navy High Command

OKM

OKW

OKH

OSAF

ORPO
ОТ

Oberkommando der
Wehrmacht Armed Forces High Com-

mand
Oberlcommando des
Heeres

Army High Command
Oberste SA-
Fuehrung

Supreme Command of the SA
Ordnungspolizei Order Police
Organisation Todt.. Labor Corps organized by

Todt
Ortsgruppe

Largest NSDAP subdivision

of a Kreis Ortsgruppenleiter .. NSDAP leader of an Orts

gruppe Ostland

Baltic countries and White

Russia
Ostmark

Austria

Abbreviation

German

English

P

PPK

Parteiamtliche

Pruefungskom-
mission zum
Schutze des NS-
Schriftums Official Party Examining

Commission for the Protec-
tion of National Socialist

Publications
Parteigenosse Party Member (male)
..Parteigenossin Party Member (female)
Preussische

Gesetzsammlung. Prussian Law collection

Pg. Pgn.

R

RAD
RAM

RDB

Ratsherr

Town Councillor
Reichsamtsleiter Head of a department in the

Party Reichsleitung
Reichsarbeitsdienst Reich Labor Service
Reichsaussen-
minister

Reich Foreign Minister (Rib

bentrop)
Reichsbund der

Deutschen
Beamten

German Civil Servant's

League
Reichsdeutsche German citizens residing in

Germany
Reichsfuehrer SS Reich Leader of the SS

(Himmler)
„Reichsgesetzblatt Reich Legal Gazette
Reichshauptamts-
leiter

Head of the central depart

ments of the Party
Reichsinnen-
minister

Minister of Interior (Frick,

succeeded by Himmler)
.Reichsjugend-
fuehrung

Reich Youth Leadership

RFSS

RGBI.

RJF

Abbreviation

German

English

RKK

RL
RM

RMfdbo.

Reichskriegsmin-
ister

Reich War Minister
Reichskultur-
kammer

Reich Chamber of Culture
Reichsleiter

Member of the Supreme

Party Directorate, in general the top level leader of

an NSDAP function Reichsleiter fuer die Jugenderziehung.. Reich Leader of Youth Edu

cation (von Schirach)
Reichsleiter des

Reichsrecht-
samtes

Head of the Legal Office of

the Party (Hans Frank) Reichsleitung Supreme Party Directorate Reichsmark

The mark; pre-war value

about $.40
Reichsminister fuer

die besetzten
Ostgebiete Reich Minister for Occupied

Eastern Territories

(Rosenberg)
Reichsministerium

fuer Volksauf-
klaerung und
Propaganda Reich Ministry for Popular

Enlightenment and Propa

ganda (Goebbels) Reichsnaehrstand . Reich Food Estate (compul

sory association of all persons engaged in agricul.

ture) (Backe) Reichsparteitag Reich Party Rally (annual

Nazi Congress at Nurn

berg)
Reichspropaganda-
leitung

Party Propaganda Depart

ment Reichsregierung Reich Cabinet

RPL.

Schulungslager A Party training camp for

political indoctrination
Schutzstaffel Elite Corps of NSDAP (black

shirts); personal body-
guard of the Fuehrer, used
for military and policing

purposes
Sicherheitsdienst Security Service; Intelligence

and counter-intelligence

Agency of SS
Sicherheitspolizei Security police. This was the

name given to the Gestapo
and Kripo considered

jointly
Staatssekretaer Under Secretary of a Minis-

try and permanent civil

service head of a ministry Stammlager Prisoner of War Camp (for

enlisted men) Standartenfuehrer.. Rank in a Party formation,

roughly equivalent to

Colonel
Stapo

Gestapo, Secret Police
Stapo-Leitstelle Regional Gestapo office, di-

rectly under central com-
mand of Gestapo

Stalag

VT

VOBI

VDA

Verfuegunstrup-
pen

SS Units for Special Tasks
Verlag

Publishing House
Verordnungsblatt . Ordnance Gazette
Vierjahrsplan Four Year Plan
Volk

Folk, people, race: all persons

of German blood
Volksbund fuer das

Deutschtum im
Ausland

League for Germanism

Abroad
Volksdeutscher A person of German blood but

of non-German citizenship
residing abroad, and con-
sidered a member of the
German people