Appendix: German Words and Phrases

Abwehr - German Military Intelligence

Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM) - League of German Girls/ Band of German Maidens, female wing of the Hitler Youth.

Einsatzgruppen - SS extermination squads

Gastarbeiter - Guest Worker

Germanica - Moscow, renamed after the war

Hauptsturmfuehrer - SS rank, roughly equal to Captain.

Heer - The German Army

Herrenvolk - Master Race

Kriegsmarine - The German Navy

Luftwaffe - The German Air Force

Mutterkreuz - Mother's Cross

Oberfeldwebel - Heer rank, roughly equal to Master Sergeant

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW, 'Supreme Command of the Armed Forces') - The German General Staff.

Obergruppenfuehrer - SS rank, roughly equal to Lieutenant General.

Ordnungspolizei - Order Police (regular police force)

Reichsführer-SS - Commander of the SS

Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) - Reich Main Security Office

Sigrunen - SS insignia (lightning bolts)

Standartenfuehrer - SS rank, roughly equal to Colonel.

Sturmbannfuehrer - SS rank, roughly equal to Major.

Strumscharfuehrer - SS rank, roughly equal to Master Sergeant.

Untermensch - Subhuman.

Untermenschen - Subhumans, plural of Untermensch.

Unterscharfuehrer - SS rank, roughly equal to Second Lieutenant.

Vaterland - Fatherland

Volk - The German Population.

Wehrmacht - The German Military (often taken to represent just the army (Heer)).