Sonderabteilung

Sonderabteilung (English: Special Unit) is a German word often used to refer to some special German military formations during World War II. This term was similar to a detachment or battalion.

Several of the formations were created as penal military units composed of disgraced SS troops and criminals convicted of petty crimes.

List of sonderabteilungen (incomplete)

 * Sonderabteilung Altreich
 * Sonderabteilung Hela
 * Sonderabteilung Lola
 * Sonderabteilung Nachlässe
 * Sonderabteilung Reinhardt
 * Sonderabteilung Stralsund
 * Sonderabteilung U