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The German Labour Front (German: Deutsche Arbeitsfront, pronounced [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈʔaʁbaɪtsfʁɔnt]; DAF) was the national labour organization of the Nazi Party, which replaced the various independent trade unions in Germany during the process of Gleichschaltung or Nazification.
The DAF, the German Labour Front, was the amalgamation of all German unions into one Reich union. This was formed after all independent German labour unions were made illegal in May 1933. Assets were handed over and membership rose form 5m (1933) to 22m (1939).
Apr 10, 2018 · The German Labour Front protected the rights of workers, and dealt with issues of pay and working hours. Contained within the Labour Front was the Strength Through Joy movement and the Beauty of Labour programme. Whilst under the protection of trade unions, workers had their hours protected and could collectively bargain for improvements in pay ...
All German children became exposed to Nazi ideology from an early age. Even leisure time was coordinated according to Nazi principles in the Strength through Joy (Kraft durch Freude) program. The program was a division of the German Labor Front.
In 1933, after all German trade unions were dissolved, Robert Ley (1890–1945) established the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF; German Labor Front). As head of the DAF, whose membership totaled 25 million, Ley was known as the "undisputed dictator of labor" in Germany.
The position of the German Labor Front in the Third Reich was characterized on the one hand by independence from the Reich ad- ministration and on the other by complete dependence upon the Nazi Party. The Party wanted the Labor Front as an instrument of its own, performing services requested by the Nazi Government but not
Abstract. The worldwide depression and persistent widespread unemployment had been undermining the cohesion and morale of the labor movement for years and had seriously destabilized the trade unions. Only a few months into the Hitler regime, German workers were stripped of all the institutions that had traditionally represented them.
