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N011858 THREE HJ/BDM/DAF NATIONAL TRADE COMPETITION DOCUMENTS.
BACKGROUND:
In February 1934, National Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach and Dr. Robert Ley, head of the German Labor Front collaborated in a joint effort to institute a National Trade Competition to encourage German youth to develop proficient skills in manual, technical or professional trades. The competitions consisted of twenty main categories with over seven hundred assorted trades being represented. All participants were required to belong to the HJ, DAF, or another NSDAP organization, and only those under 21 years old were eligible to compete. Participants were required to demonstrate their particular skills and successfully complete appropriate written tests. The competitions were held at the three different political levels with the winners advancing to the next level. Local, (Kreis), level competitions were held in February followed by the State, (Gau), level competitions in March and the National, (Reichs), level competitions held in April, with the National winners being bestowed their awards by Hitler personally on May 1ST, the Day of National Labor.PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: A set of three documents belonging to the same person. The first two documents are a pair of mid-weight, 13" x 9 3/4", natural cardstock certificates with printed Gothic script and handwritten recipients name. The certificates are from 1936, and 1937, with the 1936 one having the National Trade Competition emblem of an eagle clutching in its talons both the HJ diamond and the DAF cog with swastikas while the one from 1937 has the national eagle clutching the DAF cogwheel with the HJ diamond superimposed on top. The script on both documents indicates the recipient had achieved good performance in the "Schaufenster Wettbewerb" (Shop-Window Competition) which was held between the 9th and the 16th of February, 1936 on the first document and the 28th of February and the 6th of March 1937 on the second. The third document a light-weight, 8 5/16" x 5 13/16", natural cardstock certificate, with the national eagle clutching the DAF cogwheel with the HJ diamond superimposed on top with a shield to either side, one with an open book and the other with crossed hammers. Printed in Fraktur is "Beteiligungs Urkunde" (Participation Document), with the text below relating she had participated in the "Gruppe Handel" (Trade Group) of the competition of 1937. The documents are all in good condition with only a slight crease to one corner and with minor to light age soiling.
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