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   Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume Two, Chapter XIV


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  GLOSSARY OF COMMON GERMAN AND NAZI TITLES, DESIGNATIONS, AND
            TERMS, WITH THEIR OFFICIAL ABBREVIATIONS
                                      
 Abbreviation          German                  English
                                                   
                         A            
                          
               Abschnitt              Regional unit of SS and SD
                                      (about divisional
                                      strength)
Abt            Abteilung              Division
Adtsch R.      Akademie fuer          Academy for German Law
               Deutsches Recht
               Amt                    Office
AG             Aktien-Gesellschaft    Joint Stock Company
               Amtsgericht            Local Court
               Angriffskrieg          War of Aggression
               Anklagebehoerde        Office of Public
                                      Prosecutor
               Ausland                The world outside the
                                      borders of the Reich
AO             Auslands-Organisation  Foreign Organization of
                                      the NSDAP
               Auslandsdeutsche       German citizens residin
                                      outside Germany
APA            Aussenpolitisches Amt  NSDAP Bureau for Foreign
                                      Affairs
aD             Auswaertiges Amt       Ministry for Foreign
                                      Affairs
                                      
                         B            
                          
               Beauftragter           Commissioner, delegate
                                      
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BdF            Beauftragter des       Delegate of the Fuehrer
               Fuehrers fuer die      for the Total Supervision
               Ueberwachung der       of Intellectual and
               gesamten geistigen     Ideological Training and
               und                    Education of the Party
               weltansschaulichen     (Rosenberg)
               Schulung und
               Erziehung der NSDAP
               Beauftragter fuer den  Delegate for the Four Year
               Vierjahresplan         Plan (Goering)
BdO.           Befehlshaber der       Commander of the Order
               Ordnungspolizei        Police
BdS.           Befehlshaber der       Commander of the Security
               Sicherheitspolizei     Police
               Befehlsleiter          Rank in Party
                                      Administration
               Bereichsleiter         Rank in Party
                                      Administration
Bev.           Bevollmaechtigter      Plenipotentiary
               Bewegung               The movement, i.e., the
                                      Nazi Party, including
                                      Party formations,
                                      affiliated and supervised
                                      organizations
               Block                  Smallest unit of the Nazi
                                      Party, including several
                                      houses
               Blockleiter            NSDAP leader of a block
               Botschafter            Ambassador
BDM            Bund Deutscher Maedel  German Girls' League
                                      (female Hitler Youth)
BGB            Buergerliches          German Civil Code
               Gesetzbuch
                                      
                         C            
                          
Ch.            Chef                   Chief, head, commander,
                                      superior
                                      
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               Chef der               Head of civil
               Zivilverwaltung        administration (e.g. of an
                                      annexed area)
               Chefsache              Classified document for
                                      general officers only
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                                            

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