Detlev Humann

,Alte Kämpfer‘ in der neuen Zeit.

Die sonderbare Arbeitsvermittlung für NS-Parteigänger nach 1933

While millions of unemployed people vainly hoped for a stable job in the years after 1933, the followers of the Nazi regime received preferential treatment. The privileged were “proven” members of the Nazi party, stormtroopers, SS and Stahlhelm men. Not only employment offices were involved in the placement of ʻold campaignersʼ, but also party ad hoc agencies, which forced companies into employments. The cooperation between the political institutions and the public employment service was chaotic. For the often convicted ʻold campaignersʼ criminal records were brightened and jobs in public authorities were created. However, not only ʻold campaignersʼ had to be preferred in the placement service of the employment offices. The service also included unemployed veterans of World War I and fathers of many children, which led to a competition between these privileged groups. Here, the NS-partisans studiously ignored the propaganda slogan, which claimed “common good before self-interest”.

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