Abkürzungs- und Siglenverzeichnis der verwendeten Literatur:
| ADGB | Federation of German General Trade Unions |
| AEG | Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (General Electricity Company) |
| AfA-Bund | General Free Federation of Employees |
| AG | Corporation |
| AVUS | Automobile Traffic and Training Road |
| BMW | Bayrische Motorenwerke (Bavarian Motor Works) |
| BRT | gross register tons |
| BVP | Bavarian People’s Party |
| Center | Center Party |
| DAP | German Workers’ Party |
| DDP | German Democratic Party |
| DNT | German National Theater |
| DNVP | German National People’s Party |
| DVP | German People’s Party |
| GmbH | Limited (form of company) |
| Komintern | Communist International |
| KPD | Communist Party of Germany |
| KVP | Conservative People’s Party |
| LKW | trucks |
| MSPD | Majority Social Democratic Party of Germany; the Majority Socialists |
| NS | national socialism (Nazi) |
| NSDAP | National Socialist German Workers’ Party; Nazi party |
| NV | National Assembly |
| O.C. | Organization Consul |
| OHL | Army High Command |
| RM | Reichsmark |
| SA | Sturmabteilung; Brownshirts |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| SS | Schutzstaffel |
| StGB | Penal Code |
| UfA | Universum Film Aktiengesellschaft |
| USPD | Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| VKPD | United Communist Party of Germany |
| Zentrum | Center Party |
(zusammengestellt von Dr. Jens Riederer und Christine Rost, bearbeitet von Stephan Zänker)
