| Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|
| OSW | Outstanding Warrant |
| PAAA | Politisches Archiv des Auswärtigen Amtes (Political Archives of the German Foreign Office) |
| PAK | PanzerAbwehrKanone (Antitank gun) |
| PolPol | Poliitiline Politsei (Political Police) |
| PZ | Panzer- (Tank; or other armored vehicle) |
| QU | QUartiermeister (Quartermaster) |
| RAD | ReichsArbeitsDienst (State Labor Service) |
| RDERL | RundErlass (Circular) |
| RDK | Reichsbund Der Kinderreichen |
| RJ | Russian Jew |
| RM | ReichsMark (German national currency during and just before World War II) |
| RMbO | ReischsMinisterium für die besetzten Ostgebiete (State Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories) |
| RMO | ReichsMinister für die besetzten Ostgebiete (State Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories) |
| RO | Rahva Omakaitse (People’s Home Guard) |
| RO | Rahva Omakaitse (Peoples Home Guard) |
| RSHA | Reichssicherheitshauptamt |
| RSHA | ReichsSicherheitsHauptAmt (State Security Main Office) |
| RUCKW | RückWärtiges Gebiet (Rear Area) |
| SA | [Sturmabteilung] StormDetachment ("Brownshirts"), |
| SA | Sturmabteilung (Storm Trooper detatchment of NSDAP) |