Kraft durch Freude

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Nazi organization mass organization state leisure organization

Kraft durch Freude was a Nazi-era state leisure organization in Germany that provided subsidized holidays, cultural events, and recreational activities to promote regime ideology among workers.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
KdF	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi organization ⓘ mass organization ⓘ state leisure organization ⓘ
activity	organized concerts ⓘ organized cruises ⓘ organized cultural events ⓘ organized educational trips ⓘ organized recreational activities ⓘ organized sports programs ⓘ organized subsidized holidays ⓘ organized theater performances ⓘ
associatedWith	Adolf Hitler ⓘ German Labour Front ⓘ Robert Ley ⓘ
controlledBy	German state ⓘ Nazi Party ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolved	after the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 ⓘ
foundedBy	German Labour Front ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ surface form: Nazi regime
fundingSource	German Labour Front dues ⓘ state subsidies ⓘ
ideology	Nazism ⓘ
implementedPolicyOf	Volksgemeinschaft ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
mediaUsed	brochures ⓘ films ⓘ posters ⓘ
motto	Kraft durch Freude self-link ⓘ
notableProject	KdF-Wagen program ⓘ construction of the resort at Prora ⓘ
operatedIn	Germany ⓘ
parentOrganization	German Labour Front ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Nazi Party ⓘ surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party
purpose	increase regime popularity ⓘ integrate workers into the Volksgemeinschaft ⓘ promote Nazi ideology among workers ⓘ provide leisure and recreation for German workers ⓘ
sector	culture ⓘ leisure ⓘ sports ⓘ tourism ⓘ
subordinateTo	German Labour Front ⓘ
targetGroup	German middle class ⓘ Germans ⓘ surface form: German workers
timePeriod	1930s ⓘ World War II era ⓘ
translatedName	Strength Through Joy ⓘ
usedFor	propaganda ⓘ social control ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Strength Through Joy → abbreviation → Kraft durch Freude ⓘ

this entity surface form: KdF

Kraft durch Freude → motto → Kraft durch Freude self-link ⓘ

Strength Through Joy → motto → Kraft durch Freude ⓘ

Strength Through Joy → nativeLabel → Kraft durch Freude ⓘ

DAF → subOrganization → Kraft durch Freude ⓘ

German Labour Front → subsidiary → Kraft durch Freude ⓘ