war during which Germany lost the military initiative in the Eastern campaign. L Lagerbordell – "Camp bordello". A camp's on-site brothel where female forced sex workers were kept as a work-incentive for some Kapos and other favored prisoners. Landbund (Farmer's Association) – the most important and influential agricultural organization in Nazi Germany. Landsberg am Lech – small Bavarian city where the Landsberg castle (which was converted into a prison) was located. National Socialists revered this place since Hitler and his co-conspirators in the Munich Beer Hall Putsch were imprisoned together there. Not only that, Hitler also dictated his manifesto, Mein Kampf while incarcerated there. During the war there was a Nazi concentration camp on the out-skirts of town. After the war ended, the Americans and Allied authorities sent war criminals judged at Nuremberg there to serve out their time and the camp was used as a displaced person (DP) camp until the autumn of 1950. Landwirtschaftliche Gaufachberater – Specialist agricultural advisors Landwirtschaftliche Vertrauensleute (LVL) – Nazi Party agrarian agents; used to infiltrate other agricultural/husbandry/rural organizations to spread Nazi influence and doctrine. Landwirtschaftlicher Fachberater – expert consultant on agriculture that was assigned to every NSDAP Gau and Ort unit. Landwirtschaftlicher Schlepper – "agricultural hauler". Code name for the Reichswehr's clandestine light tank design; forerunner of the Panzer I. Lebensborn – "Fountain of Life"; an SS organization founded by Himmler and intended to increase the birth rate of "Aryans" by providing unmarried mothers shelter in nursing homes so that they would not seek (illegal) abortions. lebensgesetzlich ("In accordance with the laws of nature") – frequently used term by the Nazis to denote something as biologically determined. Lebensraum – "Living space", specifically living space for ethnic Germans and generally referring to territories to be seized in Eastern Europe; see Drang nach Osten. Lebensunwertes Leben ('Life unworthy of life') – people with incurable mental health problems, serious birth defects and other health issues, which in the eyes of the Nazis meant they did not deserve to live. Many people were killed under these auspices. Legion Condor – German Army and Air Force "volunteers" sent to fight on the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War. Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) – Hitler's SS bodyguard regiment, originally commanded by Sepp Dietrich. By mid-1943 it had grown into a full Waffen-SS Panzer division known as "1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler". Leichenkommando ('corpse commando')