Translation of the DAF Vocational Training Certificate:

Document Header:

• Die Deutsche Arbeitsfront
  The German Labor Front
• Berufserziehungswerk
  Vocational Education Institute
• Bescheinigung
  Certificate
• Edmund Vey
  (Name of the recipient)

Main Text:

• Translation: In the period from October 1937 to June 1940, Edmund Vey had the following teachings and building comrades:
  1. Fachrechnen
     Technical calculations
  2. Werkstoffkunde
     Material knowledge
  3. Maschinenkunde
     Engineering lecture
  4. Refa-Vorlehrgang
     Refa preparatory course (Refa stands for “Reichsausschuss für Arbeitszeitermittlung” – Reich Committee for Worktime Determination)
  5. Refa-Grundlehrgang
     Refe basic course
  6. Weltanschauliche Grundlagen
     World-view basic principles (Nazi policy)
• Closing Sentence: Total duration 103 double hours regularly attended with good success.
• Location and Date: Schweinfurt, June 19, 1940
• Signatures: Teaching community leader and responsible office

The document is a vocational training certificate from the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF), which was the labor organization under the Nazi regime in Germany. The DAF was established in 1933 to replace the independent trade unions, which were banned after the Nazis came to power. It was responsible for regulating labor in Germany and ensuring that workers adhered to the ideology of the state.

This certificate, dated 1940, reflects the educational initiatives of the DAF, which sought to create a workforce skilled in technical and industrial disciplines, while also ensuring that these workers were ideologically aligned with the regime. The inclusion of “world-view basic principles” indicates the Nazi regime’s efforts to indoctrinate workers with their ideology.

Schweinfurt, the location mentioned in the document, was an important industrial city in Germany known for its ball bearing production, crucial to the German war effort during World War II. Vocational training in this city would have been particularly focused on skills relevant to the local industries.

Title:
Original DAF (German Labor Front) Vocational Training Certificate, 1940 – Edmund Vey

Description: This is an original vocational training certificate issued by the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) to Edmund Vey, dated June 19, 1940, in Schweinfurt, Germany. The certificate details the completion of various courses, including technical calculations, material knowledge, engineering lectures, and world-view principles aligned with Nazi policies. This document reflects the DAF’s role in shaping the German workforce during the Nazi era, ensuring not only technical competence but also ideological conformity. A historically significant artifact, it offers insight into the intersection of labor and ideology in Nazi Germany.

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