Nazi Terminology - M

M

• Mann - lowest rank in the SA and Allgemeine-SS, equivalent to Private.
• Männerbund – bond of men; it was a distinctly masculine mystique which became an essential part of SA ideology (see male bonding).
• Märzveilchen - "March Violets." Those who joined the NSDAP after the Reichstag elections of March 1933. Generally, the “March Violets” were assumed to join the Party for opportunistic reasons only and were held in contempt by the Old Fighters. Also called Märzgefallene or "March casualties."
• Mehr sein als scheinen "Be more than you appear to be." – Motto applied to blades of uniform daggers worn by the Nationalpolitsche Erziehungsanstalten, or NPEA, the National Political Educational Establishment.
• Mein Kampf – "My Struggle", Adolf Hitler's autobiography and political statement.
• Meine Ehre heißt Treue "My honor is loyalty" – Motto applied to the belt buckles and the blades of uniform daggers worn by the Schutzstaffel, or SS.
• Militärbefehlshaber – military Governor, who was the (single) head of the executive in an occupied country (when no Reichskommissar was appointed).
• Mischling – used in reference to an individual with alleged partial Jewish ancestry; some were treated as full-blooded Jews, other as "Aryans" but subject to various restrictions.
• "Mit brennender Sorge" – A letter by Pope Pius XI warning against the Nazis.
• Muselmann – "an inmate who had resigned himself to death and lost the will to do anything to help himself survive". (1)
• Mutterkreuz—see Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter.