Glossary of Nazi Germany

This is a list of words, terms, concepts, and slogans that were specifically used in Nazi Germany.

Some words were coined by Adolf Hitler and other Nazi Party members. Other words and concepts were borrowed and appropriated, and other terms were already in use during the Weimar Republic. Finally, some are taken from Germany's cultural tradition.

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• 25-point program – The Nazi Party platform and a codification of its ideology.
• 581 Abel autobiography – Weimar period Nazi Party membership data source.

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• SS-Abschnitt - SS district or district headquarters.
• Abwehr (German for defence) - was a German military intelligence (information gathering) organisation from 1921 to 1944. After 4 February 1938, its name in title was Foreign Affairs/Defence Office of the Armed Forces High Command (Amt Ausland/Abwehr im Oberkommando der Wehrmacht).
• agrarpolitischer Apparat (aA) – Agrarian Apparatus; Agricultural Affairs Bureau of the NSDAP.
• Leadership hierarchy: Reichsleitungsfachberater held by Richard Walther Darré; Gaufachberater; Bezirksfachberater; Kreisfachberater; Ortsgruppenfachberater
• Agents: LVL; Landesfachberater (consultants)
• Administrative: Hilfsreferenten (staff members); Sachbearbeiter (aides); Hilfsreferenten responsible for day-to-day propaganda campaign
• Ahnenerbe "Ancestral Heritage" - a think tank established under the patronage of Heinrich Himmler to research the history of the Aryan race and "prove" its superiority.
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