Dolmetscher-Lehr-Abteilung (Interpreter Training Department)

The Dolmetscher-Lehr-Abteilung (Interpreter Training Department) was a unit within the Chef der Heeresausrüstung und Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres (Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army). Translators were trained in this department. In 1942, the Oberfinanzpräsidenten (Senior Finance Presidents) were instructed to provide the Dolmetscher-Lehr-Abteilung with foreign-language literature, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, lexicons, and specialist literature free of charge.

Typewritten document; handwritten note in pencil in the upper right corner.

Decree by the Reichminister der Finanzen on the free transfer of foreign-language books, 1 July 1942. BLHA, Rep. 36A (II) no. 55202, fol. 59