| German Name | Contemporary Name |
| Bendzin | Będzin |
| Bielitz | Bielsko |
| Breslau | Wrocław |
| Briesen | Wąbrzeźno |
| Bromberg | Bydgoszcz |
| Danzig | Gdańsk |
| Dirschau | Tchew |
| Gdingen | Gdynia |
| Gladau | Głodowo |
| Glowno | Główna |
| Gosslershausen | Jabłonowo Pomorskie |
| Gotenhafen | Gdynia |
| Grätz | Grodzisk Wielkopolski |
| Hohensalza | Inowrocław |
| Jarotschin | Jarocin |
| Kalisch | Kalisz |
| Kempen | Kępno |
| Kolmar | Chodzież |
| Königsberg | Kaliningrad |
| Krakau | Kraków |
| Krotoschin | Krotoszyn |
| Kulmhof | Chełmno |
| Lissa | Leszno |
| Litzmannstadt | Łódź |
| Lodsch | Łódź |
| Marienwerder | Kwidzyn |
| Mewe | Gniew |
| Neumark | Nowe Miasto Lubawskie |
| Neustadt | Wejherowo |
| Nürnberg | Nuremberg |
| Oppeln | Opole |
| Petrikau | Piotrków |
| Posen | Poznań |
| Potulitz | Potulice |
| Saybusch | Żywiec |
| Schrimm | Śrem |
| Schroda | Środa |
| Stettin | Szczecin |
| Teschen | Cieszyn |
| Thorn | Toruń |
| Wollstein | Wolsztyn |
| Wongrowitz | Wągrowiec |
| Zoppot | Sopot |
| SS Rank | Translation | US Equivalent |
| Reichsführer-SS | National Leader of the SS | |
| Obergruppenführer | Senior Group Leader | General |
| Gruppenführer | Group Leader | Lieutenant General |
| Brigadeführer | Brigade Leader | Major General |
| Oberführer | Senior Leader | (none) |
| Standartenführer | Regiment Leader | Colonel |
| Obersturmbannführer | Senior Assault Unit Leader | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Sturmbannführer | Assault Unit Leader | Major |
| Hauptsturmführer | Chief Assault Leader | Captain |
| Obersturmführer | Senior Assault Leader | First Lieutenant |
| Untersturmführer | Junior Assault Leader | Second Lieutenant |
| Hauptscharführer | Chief Squad Leader | Master Sergeant |
| Oberscharführer | Senior Squad Leader | Sergeant First Class |
| Scharführer | Squad Leader | Staff Sergeant |
| Unterscharführer | Junior Squad Leader | Sergeant |
| Rottenführer | Section Leader | Private First Class |
| Sturmmann | Storm Trooper | Private |
Among those persons earmarked for induction into Section 3 of the Deutsche Volksliste [German People’s List], there are some who are racially unsuitable for incorporation into the German Volksgemeinschaft [ethnonational community]. But an influx of undesirable blood into the German Volkskörper [ethnonational body] must be prevented without fail.1
THESE THOUGHTS WERE written by Heinrich Himmler on September 30, 1941, as he tried to take control of the selection process applied to the local populace in occupied western Poland.
By this point, the “incorporated eastern territories” had long since become an arena of fierce wrangling between the various relevant