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N014158 HJ/DAF NATIONAL TRADE COMPETITION PERFORMANCE HONOR DOCUMENT.
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. Of Note: In 1938 eligibility to compete was extended to include those over 21 years old and participants were no longer required to belong to an NSDAP organization. After the outbreak of the war the competition was renamed, Kreigsberufswettkampf, (War Trade Competition).PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: An 11 5/8" x 8 1/4", mid-weight, natural cardstock certificate with printed Gothic script and handwritten recipients name. The certificate has the National Trade Competition emblem of a national eagle clutching the DAF cogwheel with the HJ diamond superimposed on top. The script indicates the recipient had achieved good performance in the domestic helper (House work), in the national competition group. The certificate was awarded in Berlin on, "Tag der nationalen Arbeit 1939", ( Day of National Labor 1939), and has the inkstamped facsimile signatures of both the DAF Leader Dr. Robert Ley and the Hitler Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach. The certificate shows minor age yellowing.
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