Arbeitsfront der Volksdeutschen in der Slowakei ('Labour Front of the Volksdeutsche in Slovakia', abbreviated A.d.V.) was an organization of ethnic German workers in World War II Slovakia.[1][2] A.d.V. was modelled after the German Labour Front (D.A.F.) in the German Reich.[3][4] A.d.V. was formed on November 26, 1940, replacing the previous German Trade Unions in Slovakia.[3][4][5][6] A.d.V. leaders were trained at the D.A.F. training centre in Schwechat.[4][7]
As of 1943 A.d.V. claimed to have over 33,000 members.[6]
References edit
- ^ Wilhelm Feuring (1944). Slowakei, Land und Leute. C. Röhrig. p. 22.
- ^ The Bulletin of International News. Vol. 21. Royal Institute of International Affairs. Information Department. 1944. p. 1050.
- ^ a b David Littlejohn (1 January 1994). Foreign Legions of the Third Reich. R. James Bender Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-912138-29-9.
- ^ a b c Studia Historica Slovaca. Vol. 1. Vydavatel̕stvo Slovenskej akadémie vied. 1963. p. 162.
- ^ Werner Reutter (3 April 2012). Verbände und Interessengruppen in den Ländern der Europäischen Union. Springer-Verlag. p. 675. ISBN 978-3-531-19183-6.
- ^ a b Nation und Staat; deutsche Zeitschrift fur das europaische minoritatenproblem. Vol. 17. 1943. pp. 275–276.
- ^ Deutsch-Tschechisch-Slowakische Historikerkommission (1994). Der Weg in die Katastrophe. Klartext. p. 221. ISBN 978-3-88474-221-1.