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Dictionary of Mobile Killing Unit Einsatzgruppen terminology
Other Lexicons and Dictionaries
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Robert Michael and Karin Doerr Nazi-Deutsch Nazi German An English Lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002). A dictionary of Nazi language and specialized vocabulary, including the terminology of Nazi ideology, propaganda slogans, military terms, ranks and offices, abbreviations and acronyms, euphemisms and code names, slang, anti-Semitic and chauvinistic vocabulary, and racist and ethnic slurs. Includes scholarly essays by each of the authors, as well as supplementary information such as a list of the major concentration camps, military, government, and party ranks, the words to famous Nazi songs, and other Nazi indoctrination texts. Also provides a bibliography of related works.
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Carl Haensel and Richard Strahl Politisches ABC des neuen Reiches: Schlag- und Stichwörterbuch für den deutschen Volksgenossen, (J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart, 1933). A handbook issued to the German public in 1933 explaining the Nazi administration's official terminology and giving practical examples of usage by members of the Nazi elite.
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Heinz Paechter Nazi-Deutsch : A Glossary of Contemporary German Usage, With Appendices On Government, Military, and Economic Institutions, (New York: Frederick Ungar, 1944). One of the earliest dictionaries of Nazi terminology, originally compiled for the Office of European Economic Research. Based on German newspapers of the time, German military dictionaries, and the writings of Hitler, Goebbels, and others. Includes an introduction on "the spirit and structure of totalitarian language," and a special appendix on terminology relating to Nazi philosophy and "Weltanschauung."
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Cornelia Schmitz-Berning VOKABULAR DES NATIONAL-SOZIALISMUS (W. de Gruyter, 1998).
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Karl Heinz Brackmann and Renate Birkenhauer NS-DEUTSCH (Straelener Manuskripte Verlag, 1988) |
Michael Rademacher Abkürzungen des Dritten Reiches: ein Handbuch für deutsche und englische Historiker (Abbreviations in Use in the Third Reich: A Handbook for German and English Historians). (Vechta, 2000). A bilingual dictionary of more than 3,500 abbreviated terms used in official correspondence and reports during the Third Reich. Explains abbreviations in both German and English. Includes terminology from the state administration, Nazi party, and military areas. Based on the "C.I. Handbook" used by allied counterintelligence during World War II.
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