History of the Inventor: The German Labor Front (DAF) was founded on May 10, 1933 after the dissolution of Gewerkschaf‧ten under the leadership of Robert Ley; legally an affiliated association of the NSDAP; the territorial structure corresponded to that of the NSDAP; in accordance with the ordinance of October 24, 1934 on the "nature and purpose of the DAF," all workers, employees, and entrepreneurs were united as equal members; with approximately 23,000,000 members, it was the largest Nazi mass organization. Inventory description: The Institute of Ergonomics was founded in the spring of 1935 as the scientific centre of the DAF. For its activities, the Institute evaluated newspapers and periodicals and used collections of newspaper clippings taken over from other trade unions, in particular from the German National Association of Assistants and the German Master Craftsmen's Association in Düsseldorf, the tradition of which became the basis of the Institute's collection from the end of the 19th century. These newspaper clippings form the largest part of the NS 5 VI holdings, but correspondence also exists. State of development: Findbuch, 13 Bde (1981), file citation method: BArch, NS 5-VI/...