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Robert Ley was a Nazi politician and head of German labour, who helped supervise the recruitment of slave labour during World War II. The son of a small landowner, Ley studied at the universities of Jena and Bonn, received a Ph.D. in chemistry, and worked for IG Farbenindustrie, before he was.
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Ley is best known for heading the German Labour Front (DAF), the Nazi-run workers’ union formed in mid-1933. Under his command the DAF changed workplace culture, fixed wages, reduced workers’ rights and grew to more than 25 million members.
Robert Ley, born on February 15, 1890, in Niederbreidenbach, was a prominent figure in the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) and a leader of the German Labor Front. Ley initially joined the NSDAP as one of its earliest members and quickly rose through the ranks.
May 26, 2015 · Robert Ley was in charge of the German Labour Front in Nazi Germany. As such Ley was in charge of ‘Strength through Joy’ (Kraft durch Freude), a movement which played a major part in the lives of all German civilians. Ley was born on February 15th1890.
As head of the DAF Ley became the “undisputed dictator of labor” in Germany and succeeded in building a mass organization of 25 million members. Ley was arrested by American troops with the 101st U.S. Airborne Division at his mountain home near the Austrian border.
Robert Ley ( German: [ˈlaɪ]; 15 February 1890 – 25 October 1945) was a German politician during the Nazi era, who headed the German Labour Front from 1933 to 1945. He also held many other high positions in the German Nazi Party, including Gauleiter, Reichsleiter and Reichsorganisationsleiter.
Nazi politician Robert Ley – one of the most famous people in Germany on the eve of World War II – died on this day. Namely, Adolf Hitler personally appointed Robert Ley on the high function of the German Labor Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront – DAF).
