Archive/File: imt/nca/nca-02/nca-02-glossary-01-05 Last-Modified: 1997/06/23 Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume Two, Chapter XIV [Page 1094] S Schulungslager A Party training camp for political indoctrination SS Schutzstaffel Elite Corps of NSDAP (black shirts); personal bodyguard of the Fuehrer, used for military and policing purposes SD Sicherheitsdienst Security Service; Intelligence and counter- intelligence Agency of the SS SIPO Sicherheitspolizei Security Police. This was the name given to the Gestapo and Kripo considered jointly Staatssekretaer Under Secretary of a Ministry and permanent civil service head of a ministry Stalag 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, directly under central command of Gestapo [Page 1096] SA Sturmabteilung Storm Troops of NSDAP (brown shirts) Systemzeit System Era (Nazi designation of the Era of Weimar Republic, 1918- 1933) T TV Totenkopfverbaende Death-Head units of the SS (Concentration Camp Guards) TO Transozean Transocean (News Agency) TP Transkontinent Press Transcontinent Press (News Agency) Treuhaender der Trustee of Labor Arbeit U Unterstaatssekretaer Civil Servant, of a grade lower than Staatssekretaer V VT Verfuegunstruppen SS Units for Special Tasks Verlag Publishing House VOBl Verordnungsblatt Ordinance Gazette Vierjahrsplan Four Year Plan Volk Folk, people, race; all persons of German blood VDA Volksbund fuer das League for Germanism Deutschtum im Ausland Abroad Volksdeutscher A person of German blood but of non-German citizenship residing abroad, and considered a member of the German people [Page 1097] Volksgericht People's Court, Highest Court for Political Crimes Volksgemeinschaft People's or racial community composing all people of German blood Volksgenosse Racial comrade; a person of German blood regardless of citizenship W WSS Waffen-SS Combat SS Wehrkreis Military District Wehrkreiskommanda Military authority in charge of a Wehrkreis Wehrmacht Armed Forces (Army, Navy, and Air Force) WFSt Wehrmacht- Operational Staff of Armed Fuerrungsstab Forces Wehrwirtschaftsfuehre Title awarded to prominent r industrialists for merit in armaments drive Wi-Rue Wehrwirtschafts und War Economy and Armament Ruestungsamt Office (in OKW) Weltanschauung World-view or philiosophy WHW Wilterhilfswerk Winter Relief Organization WVHA Wirtschaft-und- Economic and Verwaltungs Hauptamt Administration Main Office (of SS) in charge of concentration camps Z Zeitung Newspaper [Page 1098] Zelle NSDAP subdivision of an Ortsgruppe Zellenleiter NSDAP leader of a Party cell zbV zur besonderen For special missions or Verwendung duties zV zur Verfuegung At disposal
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