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Glossary
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.
(Breitman, 311)
Einsatzkommando: Company-sized component of the Einsatzgruppen
(Breitman, 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. (Breitman, 311)
General Government: The Nazi-ruled state in central and eastern
Poland. Headed by Governor Hans Frank. (Breitman, 311)
Final Solution: Euphemism for the extermination of European Jewry
Judenrat: Jewish community authority, appointed by the Nazis for
ghetto and village administration.
Trawniki: Labor camp, established in the Fall of 1941, in Trawniki,
S.E. of Lublin, Poland. Trawniki was part of a network of labor
camps and death camps controlled by Globocnik. Trawniki was
destroyed when Himmler ordered the death camps closed, and the
ground plowed and converted to farm use. See Encyclopedia, Vol.
IV, pp 1480-1481.
SD (Sicherheitsdienst): The SS Security Service
Sonderkommandos: Division of Einsatzgruppen, generally smaller than
Einsatzkommando, but also a more general term for special
commando units assigned particular functions. (Breitman, 311)
Military rank
- here's a list from Breitman (314) which shows SS
ranks and the Western military equivalent:
Oberstgruppenführer General
Obergruppenführer Lt. General
Gruppenführer Major General
Brigadeführer Brigadier General
Oberführer between Brigadier & Colonel
Standartenführer Colonel
Obersturmbannführer Lt. Colonel
Sturmbannführer Major
Hauptsturmführer Captain
Obersturmführer 1st. Lieutenant
Unterscharführer Corporal
Rottenführer Private, First Class
Sturmann Private
SS-Mann no equivalent
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