Ahnenerbe: [Ancestral Heritage], The Institute for the
Scientific Study of Ends and Purposes, located in Berlin.
(See eichmann.006)
Einsatzgruppe: Battalion-sized, mobile, armed unit of police
Einsatzgruppen: Battalion-sized, mobile, armed units of police,
primarily Security Police and SD officials, which were used
to attack and execute perceived enemies in conquered territories.
(Brietman, 311)
Einsatzkommando: Company-sized component of the Einsatzgruppen
(Ibid., 311)
Gauleiter: Supreme territorial or regional party authority(-ies)
(The term is both singular and plural). The Nazi Party divided
Germany and some annexed territories into geographical units
called Gaue, headed by a Gauleiter. (Ibid., 311)
General Government: The Nazi-ruled state in central and eastern
Poland. Headed by Governor Hans Frank. (Ibid., 311)
Final Solution: Euphemism for the extermination of European Jewry
SD (Sicherheitsdienst): The SS Security Service
Selektionen: (Selection) The process by which newly-arrived prisoners
were divided into those capable of work, and those deemed unfit
for work, i.e. those to be exterminated immediately.
Sonderkommandos: Division of Einsatzgruppen, generally smaller than
Einsatzkommando, but also a more general term for special
commando units assigned particular functions. (Ibid., 311)
Military rank - here's a list from Breitman (314) which lists SS
ranks and the Western military equivalent:
| Oberstgruppenführer
| General
|
| Obergruppenführer
| Lieutenant General
|
| Gruppenführer
| Major General
|
| Brigadeführer
| Brigadier General
|
| Oberführer
| between Brigadier & Colonel
|
| Standartenführer
| Colonel
|
| Obersturmbannführer
| Lieutenant Colonel
|
| Sturmbannführer
| Major
|
| Hauptsturmführer
| Captain
|
| Obersturmführer
| First Lieutenant
|
| Unterscharführer
| Corporal
|
| Rottenführer
| Private, First Class
|
| Sturmann
| Private
|
| SS-Mann
| no equivalent
|
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