Verband deutscher Gewerkschaften

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Verband deutscher Gewerkschaften ('League of German Trade Unions') was a German Nazi trade union centre in Czechoslovakia. The organization was formed in 1929, by eight unions that broke away from the Reichsvereinigung der deutscher Gewerkschaften . [1] At the time of the founding of Verband deutscher Gewerkschaften, its affiliates claimed a combined membership of 46,700. [2] The organization had its headquarters in Ústí nad Labem. [3]

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Affiliated unions

UnionMembership (1930)Headquarter
Gewerkschaftsverband deutscher Arbeiter ('Trade Union of German Workers')16,200 Ústí nad Labem
Gewerkschaft deutscher Eisenbahner ('Trade Union of German Railwaymen')5,551 Ústí nad Labem
Deutschsozialistische Bergarbeiterverband ('German Socialist Miners' Union')4,200 Most
Deutscher Handels- und Industrieangestellen-Verband ('Union of German Trade and Industry Employees')21,500 Ústí nad Labem
Gewerkschaftsverband deutscher Tabakarbeiter und Arbeiterinnen ('Trade Union of German Tobacco Workers')600 Lanškroun
Verband deutscher weiblicher Angestellter ('Union of German Female Employees')2,000 Ústí nad Labem
Reichsverband deutscher Zahntechnikergehilfen ('National Union of German Dental Technician Assistants')1,500 Liberec
Verband der tschechoslowakischen Lotsen auf der Flusstrecke Prag bis zur Statsgrenze
('Union of Czechoslovak Pilots on the River Route Prague to the State Border')
64 Ústí nad Labem
Total51,615 Ústí nad Labem

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Leadership

The key leaders of the organization were Friedrich Ritter, Rudolf Kasper  [ de ], Eduard Tischler, Greta Hummelová and Eduard Wenzel (treasurer). [3]

Growth and fall

At its peak, the organization claimed to have around 120,000 members. [2] However, in November 1933 the German National Socialist Workers Party (DNSAP) and the three most important affiliates of the Verband deutscher Gewerkschaften (Gewerkschaftsverband deutscher Arbeiter, Gewerkschaft deutscher Eisenbahner and Deutschsozialistische Bergarbeiterverband) were banned. [4] Verband deutscher Gewerkschaften collapsed soon thereafter. [2]

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References

  1. Mitteilungen des Statistischen Staatsamtes der Čechoslovakischen Republik. Herausgegeben vom Statistischen Staatsamte. 1930. p. 1296.
  2. 1 2 3 Deutsche Arbeitsfront. Arbeitswissenschaftliches Institut (1938). Das Sudetendeutschtum, seine wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und geschichtlichen Grundlagen. Verlag der Deutschen Arbeitsfront GmbH. p. 35.
  3. 1 2 3 Ročenka Československé republiky. 1931. p. 323.
  4. Jaroslav Šebek (2010). Sudetendeutscher Katholizismus auf dem Kreuzweg: politische Aktivitäten der sudetendeutschen Katholiken in der Ersten Tschechoslowakischen Republik in den 30er Jahren. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 38–39. ISBN   978-3-8258-9433-7.