Robert Ley
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Robert Ley was a German Nazi politician and head of the German Labour Front during its entire existence, from 1933 to 1945. He also held many other high positions in the Nazi Party, including Gauleite
Ley in the 1930s
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor reviewing SS guards with Robert Ley, 1937
Philipp Bouhler, Karl Freiherr Michel von Tüßling, and Robert Ley, in white uniform, with his wife Inge (Munich, July 1939)
The KDF-Schiff Robert Ley, March 1939
Strength Through Joy
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NS Gemeinschaft Kraft durch Freude was a German NSDAP-operated leisure organization in Nazi Germany. It was part of the German Labour Front, the national labour organization at that time. Strength Thr
Robert Ley
…suppression of the trade unions. In addition to facilitating German rearmament, Ley also presided over the creation of a number of programs, including Strength Through Joy and the Volkswagen. Ley's influence declined after the outbreak of the Second World War, his role as leader of the German workforce supplanted by Fritz…
Head of KdF, Robert Ley
Dancing class of the KdF, 1933
Prora, an unfinished KdF resort
Poster promoting an N.S. Reich Symphony Orchestra performance