Strength Through Joy

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Strength Through Joy was a Nazi-era state-operated leisure and tourism organization designed to promote regime ideology by providing subsidized vacations, cultural events, and recreational activities to German workers.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi organization
state-operated leisure organization
tourism organization
abbreviation KdF
activity concerts
cruise ship holidays
educational courses
excursions for workers
mass tourism
sports events
theatre performances
beneficiary German working class
country Nazi Germany
dissolved 1945
employer Nazi state
fundingSource German Labour Front dues
hasEffect expanded access to organized holidays for German workers
spread Nazi cultural norms
historicalPeriod Third Reich
ideology German nationalism
Nazism
inception 1933
languageOfName German
locatedIn Germany
mediaType organization
motto Kraft durch Freude
nativeLabel Kraft durch Freude
operatedBy German Labour Front
parentOrganization German Labour Front
partOf German Labour Front
politicalAlignment Nazi Party
purpose control workers’ leisure time
increase worker loyalty to the regime
organize cultural events
organize recreational activities
promote Nazi ideology among German workers
provide subsidized vacations
regimeType totalitarian state program
sector leisure industry
tourism industry
subordinateTo German state
Nazi Party
targetDemographic German workers
translatedName Strength Through Joy
usedFor propaganda
regime legitimation
social control


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