DAF

Question 1

When was the DAF set up and why?

Answer 1

6th May 1933 after independent trade unions were banned

Question 2

Who was the leader of the DAF?

Answer 2

Robert Ley

Question 3

What did DAF membership increase from in 1933 and to in 1939?

Answer 3

5 million in 1933 and 22 million in 1939

Question 4

What was the purpose of the DAF?

Answer 4

Restore social peace

Win workers over to nazism

Increase production

Question 5

What did the DAF create in November 1933?

Answer 5

The KdF

Question 6

What was the purpose of the KdF?

Answer 6

To improve workers leisure opportunities with activities like holidays, hikes, sport, theatre and cinema visits.

Question 7

How many holidays were taken in 1938?

Answer 7

Over 10 million

Question 8

What did the DAF do in 1938?

Answer 8

Organised a Volkswagen scheme

Giving workers the opportunity to subscribe 5 marks a week to a fund eventually allowing them to acquire a car.

No worker actually received a car

Question 9

From 1836 onwards, how many people attended DAF vocational training courses?

Answer 9

2.5 million

Question 10

What was the RAD?

Answer 10

June 1935 law made 6 months labour service compulsory for all men aged between 19-25

1939 extended to women

Intended to educate the German youth in the spirit of national socialism