German Labour Front

German Labour Front
Deutsche Arbeitsfront
AbbreviationDAF
PredecessorNational Socialist Factory Cell Organization
Formation10 May 1933 (1933-05-10)
Dissolved8 May 1945 (1945-05-08)
Legal statusIllegal
Membership32 million (1938)
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.