Atlantic Press Photo "Strength Through Joy" KdF in the German Labor front DAF For Sale

April 24th, 1944 Atlantic Press Photo "Strength Through Joy" KdF in the German Labor front DAF.
German workers enjoying a break from their work through the KdF program sponsored by the German Labor Front. They appear to be sightseeing or taking a cruise on a ship.
"Kraft durch Freude (German: "Strength through Joy", abbreviated KdF) was a state-operated leisure organization in Nazi Germany. It was a part of the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront, DAF), the national German labour organization at that time. Set up as a tool to promote the advantages of National Socialism to the people, it had become the world's largest tourism operator by the 1930s.
The KdF was supposed to bridge the class divide by making middle-class leisure activities available to the masses. It also sought to bolster the German tourist industry, something it did successfully up until the outbreak of World War II. By 1934, over two million Germans had participated in a KdF trip; by 1939 the reported numbers lay around 25 million people. With the outbreak of war in 1939, the organization was mothballed, and several projects, such as the Prora holiday resort, were never completed.
Starting in 1933, the KdF provided affordable leisure activities such as concerts, plays, libraries, day trips and holidays. Large ships, such as Wilhelm Gustloff, were built specifically for KdF cruises."
It is possible that this is aboard the Gustloff but it would be very hard to tell.
This is a GERMAN press photo, not allied. Very rare.
1445/ Der Wertvollste Faktor des Reiches istseine Arbeitskraft.Zum Tag der Arbeit. War die gesamte Kraft des Reiches vor dem Krieg allein dom friedlichen Aufbau und Förderung des sozialen Wohlstandes des deutschen Volkes gewidmet, go wurden mit Beginn des uns aufgezwungenen Krieges alle verfügbaren Energien sofort der notwendig gewordenen Kriegsproduktion dienstbar gemacht. Durch die gewaltige Organisation "Kraft durch Freude” in der DAF, ist es jedem arbeitenden Deutschen auch im jetzigen Kriege noch möglich, nach anstrengende Tätigkeit Entspannung und Zerstreuung durch Wanderungen, Sport, Spiel und Theater zu finden,-Bill 2 ) Entspannung nach Tagen anstrengender Arbeit,Atlantic, 24.4.1944 Re. E.M.
1445 / The most valuable factor of the empire ishis manpower.On Labor Day. Before the war, the entire strength of the empire was devoted solely to the peaceful development and promotion of the social prosperity of the German people. With the beginning of the war that was imposed on us, all available energies were immediately made available to the war production that had become necessary. Through the huge organization "Kraft durch Freude" (Strength Through Joy) in the DAF, it is still possible for every working German, even in the current war, to find relaxation and diversion after strenuous activity through hiking, sports, games and theater.-Bill 2) Relaxation after days of strenuous work,Atlantic, April 24, 1944 Re. E.M.
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