The Archive · 1940

Labour Front Duties

Members of the German labour front who go abroad to work have the duty of reporting anything of interest they may see or learn in foreign ships, shops, factories or other places.

Furthermore, since 1936 there exists in Hamburg an "International Central Office," where Germans and Italians work together against trade unions, particularly in Democratic countries, and support any movement against organized labour.

ticularly important, notably in countries like the Third French Re-Public, is the work of the press attaches in the German embassies and consulates. Not only do they see that the 1,700 German language new: papers outside Germany (total ci culation three million) are supplied with interesting material of all sorts at the price no other source can meet, but they also watch over German radio programmes. Special attention is given to winning over possible Nazi friends on the local press and combatting or bringing into disrepute newspapers and periodicals that oppose Hitler,

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