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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.
Gleichschaltung was the process of Nazifying German political, social, and cultural life after 1933. It created a single party state under Hitler and the Nazi Party, and abolished all other political, labor, and cultural organizations.
Learn about the DAF, the Nazi-controlled union that replaced all independent labour unions in Germany between 1933 and 1939. Find out how the DAF provided work, leisure and welfare to the German workers, and how it affected their living standards and rights.
Robert Ley was the leader of the German Labor Front (DAF), a Nazi organization that controlled all labor unions in Germany. He was charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials, but committed suicide before the trial began.
Learn how Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party transformed Germany from a democratic state into a one-party dictatorship based on racism and authoritarianism. Find out how the German Labor Front, the SS, and the Führer principle shaped the Nazi state and its policies.
To establish control of German labour, Hitler also established the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (the DAF or German Labour Front). The DAF was, in effect, a government-run union. DAF membership was compulsory for employment in most occupations.
Learn about Robert Ley, the Nazi leader who organized the takeover of German unions by the DAF, the regime's largest mass organization. See a photo of him in a welcome parade at a mass event and read about his role in the Nuremberg war crimes trial.
