German Labour Front

German Labour Front
Deutsche Arbeitsfront
AbbreviationDAF
PredecessorNational Socialist Factory Cell Organization
Formation10 May 1933; 91 years ago (1933-05-10)
DissolvedMay 1945; 79 years ago (1945-05)
Legal statusIllegal
Membership
32 million (1938)[1]
Leader of the DAF
Robert Ley
Parent organization
NSDAP
SubsidiariesNational Socialist Trade and Industry Organization
Beauty of Labour
Strength through Joy

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.

  1. ^ Benz, Wolfgang (2007). A Concise History of the Third Reich. University of California Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-520-25383-4.