Beauty of Labour

The Office of Beauty of Labor was an organization of the National Socialist German Workers' Party ( NSDAP). She was part of the NS Community " Kraft durch Freude " ( KdF ) and was under the run by Robert Ley German Labor Front (DAF ), which as a unit Confederation of Labour as a result of the ban on trade unions in May 1933 after the takeover of the NSDAP in the German Reich employer had been created. Task of the Office was the beautification of the workplaces and the improvement of working conditions of ergonomics and occupational safety. To the Head of the Office, whose seat in the Imperial Avenue was 25 ( since 1950 Federal Avenue), was appointed by Robert Ley, Albert Speer. Julius Schulte- Frohlind was his deputy.

Prehistory

Earlier, efforts were made by entrepreneurs to be bound by the construction of workers' housing and recreational facilities brings to the operation and counteract organizing workers in trade unions or socialist organizations. Canteens saved the workers the time for the way home, and thus also allowed the women to work if they did not have to worry about cooking.

With the Office for beauty work a central, anchored in the system of the Nazi regime organization was created, the plan should such improvements in line with Nazi ideology.

Activities

The Office of beauty of the work existed on 27 November 1933 and shortly after the beginning of World War II in 1939. It has published various brochures with detailed plans, for example, the establishment of washrooms and toilets, without the use of metals for the defense industry of importance were. At the request of the Office canteens, recreation rooms, Libraries, Sport and plumbing have been established and comradeship evenings and factory sports festivals organized. The cost of these measures amounted to 1939, about 200 million Reichsmarks, which had to be borne by the company. Companies that implemented the requirements of the Office particularly eager received the honorary title of " National Socialist pattern mode".

The actions of the Office of Beauty of Labor were under annually changing mottos:

With the outbreak of war to increase productivity replaced the activities to improve the situation of workers. Measures such as good lighting jobs were the reduction of scrap, improved hygiene reduced the number of sick leaves. Acquisitions staff their meals in operation a, the consumption could be better controlled, especially the import of unwanted products. Incidentally, could the central conversations of employees to be overheard and thus the solidarity be contained in a small group in the workplace. The same goals were also sports facilities.