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You are bidding on 6 WWII DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront) or german labor front dinner plates with the DAF cog wheel insignia on back. These plates were produced by Hutschenreuther Selb during WWII. You are also bidding on a WWII German Wehrmacht (army) serving platter produced by Krautheim with German Army insignia on back. These items were definitely used and the plates show some blemishes but t are no chips or cracks. The platter shows slight wear but is in overall excellent condition with no chips or cracks. These items were purchased in Germany in 2001 by the seller. These items will be professionally packed and shipped. Deutsche Arbeitfront HistoryA DAF sponsored Heimatflak unit of a German industry or business Soon after the NSDAP came to power in 1933, all trade unions and worker organizations were declared illegal and the DAF was setup in their place as the sole labour organization of the German Reich. The concept of the DAF was to ensure the political stability and smooth operations of all German industry and commerce. It was through the use of mass organization, much like all other NSDAP-era organizations, that labour was to be formed into a single militarized group w "...a certain amount of well supervised misery, combined with daily work begun with drums beating and ended with drums beating..." would be used to solidify the labour front of the German Nation. Membership in the DAF was voluntary, but any person who was a worker in any area of German industry or commerce more-or-less was a member by default. Membership dues were given in the range of 15 Pfenning to 3 RM, depending on the catagory a member fell into in the large scale of 20 membership groups. A substantial amount of money was raised through dues, in 1934, the total intake was 300,000,000 RM. The DAF was composed of two main areas, the Nationalsozialistische Betriebsorganization, or National Socialist Factory Organization (NSBO) and the Nationalsozialistische Handels und Gewerbeorganization, or Natational Socialist Trade and Industry Organization (NSHABO). Another major part of the DAF was the KdF, or Kraft durch Freude - Strength through Joy. This organization, as a subset of the DAF, was tasked with providing activities such as trips, cruises, concerts, and cultural activities for the German workers. These events were specifically directed towards the working class and it was through the KdF that the NSDAP hoped to bring to the "common man" the pleasures once reserved only for the rich. By opening the door for the working class to easily and affordably take part in activities once reserved only for the rich, it was hoped that the labor force could be lulled into being more flexible and productive. One of the most famous aspects of this were the numerous trips and cruises provided by the huge fleet of ocean-going liners controled by the DAF/KdF, such ships as the Wilhelm Gustloff , Robert Ley, and many others. The Volkswagon was also a partial product of the DAF/KdF organization as well. The smallest form of the DAF was the Block (block) which consisted of 15 members, headed by a Blockwalter (block warden). Two to six blocks formed a Zellen (cell) which was led by a Zellenwalter (cell warden). Each commerce or industrial organization that had at least 10 workers was considered a Betriebsgemeinschaft (plant community) under the leadership of a Betriebsfuhrer (plant leader) and under the control of a Betriebswalter (plant warden). Several small industrial or commerce businesses that each had less than 10 workers were grouped together in street communities after the street they were located on. Plant communities and the individual members of the plant communities within the jurisdiction of a local party group of the NSDAP formed an Ortsgruppe (local group) of the DAF under a Ortsgruppenwalter (local group warden). Ortsgruppe (local groups) within a NSDAP Kries (circle) comprised a DAF Kries (circle) under the leadership of Kreiswalter (circle warden). The DAF Kries (circles) were then organized into G... 
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