Arbeitsfront der Volksdeutschen in der Slowakei

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
  1. Wilhelm Feuring (1944). Slowakei, Land und Leute. C. Röhrig. p. 22.
  2. The Bulletin of International News. Vol. 21. Royal Institute of International Affairs. Information Department. 1944. p. 1050.
  3. David Littlejohn (1 January 1994). Foreign Legions of the Third Reich. R. James Bender Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-912138-29-9.
  4. Studia Historica Slovaca. Vol. 1. Vydavatel̕stvo Slovenskej akadémie vied. 1963. p. 162.
  5. Werner Reutter (3 April 2012). Verbände und Interessengruppen in den Ländern der Europäischen Union. Springer-Verlag. p. 675. ISBN 978-3-531-19183-6.
  6. Nation und Staat; deutsche Zeitschrift fur das europaische minoritatenproblem. Vol. 17. 1943. pp. 275–276.
  7. Deutsch-Tschechisch-Slowakische Historikerkommission (1994). Der Weg in die Katastrophe. Klartext. p. 221. ISBN 978-3-88474-221-1.
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