Blockleiter
Political officer in Nazi Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Blockältester or Blockführer.
Blockleiter (Block Warden), where block refers to city block, was from 1933 the title of a lower Nazi Party political rank responsible for the political supervision of a neighborhood. Referred to in common parlance as Blockwart, the Block Warden's duty was to form the primary link between the Nazi authorities and the general population. The derogatory term Blockwart ("snoop") survives in German colloquial language.