Some Vocabulary from Jan Gross "War as Revolution"

18 CPB—Communist Party of Bulgaria.

21 Warthegau—Territories of Poland that were annexed directly to Germany.

23 Bundesrepublik—Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany after WWII).

24 Machtergreifung—seizure of power.

25 ancien regime—old regime (i.e., the pre-war order in East Europe).

Quisling—chief collaborator with the Nazis in Norway, his name became a common term for collaborator during the War. To say that "Poland did not have its Quisling" means that no prominent Polish political figure collaborated with the Nazis.

29 Aktion—literally, "operation," this was a Nazi codeword for mass-murder of civilian populations in occupied territories.

30 SVAG—abbreviation for Soviet Occupation Administration in Germany.

34 KPD—Communist Party of Germany.