$55.00
Condition: Excellent
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Product Description: An original Second World War DAF – German Labor Front Membership Book, issued in 1934 and bearing the name Franke Martin (or a closely similar rendering). The document relates to membership in the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF), the state-controlled labor organization that replaced independent trade unions in National Socialist Germany. The interior pages display a variety of period stamps and official markings, attesting to active membership and administrative validation during the early years of the regime.
The booklet remains in good condition consistent with age and use. There is noticeable bowing to the covers, along with minor surface wear and handling marks acquired over time. The internal pages are well-preserved, with entries and stamps clearly visible. As a dated and personalized DAF – German Labor Front Membership Book, this example represents an increasingly scarce survival from the formative period of the Third Reich’s labor apparatus and offers considerable interest to collectors of German political and social history.
Historical Description: The DAF – German Labor Front Membership Book was the official identification and dues record issued to members of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF), the state-controlled labor body established in May 1933 after the dissolution of Germany’s independent trade unions. Under the leadership of Robert Ley, the DAF became one of the largest mass organizations in the Third Reich, encompassing millions of workers and employers. The membership book (Mitgliedsbuch) served as documentary proof of enrollment and participation within this compulsory labor structure, reflecting the regime’s effort to consolidate economic and social life under centralized political authority.
Typically, the booklet contained the member’s personal details, workplace information, local DAF group affiliation, and a series of pages for dues stamps and official validations. Regularly updated with contribution marks and organizational endorsements, the book functioned both as an administrative record and as a visible symbol of integration into the National Socialist labor system. Today, surviving examples provide historians and collectors with insight into the bureaucratic mechanisms and everyday realities of labor organization in Germany during the 1930s and the Second World War.
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