Factory leader explained

Factory leader (de|Betriebsführer)^[1] was a term introduced by the Labour organization law of 20 January 1934^[2] for the owner, entrepreneur or manager of a business or company. Factory leaders and their “followers” (German: Gefolgschaft) formed the “factory community” (German: Betriebsgemeinschaft), replicating the national community (German: Volksgemeinschaft) in accordance with the leader principle (German: Führerprinzip). The term was also applied to owners and tenants of farms.^[3]

See also

• German labour law
• UK labour law

Notes and References

1. Labour organization law, cited in: Tim Mason (1993): Social Policy in the Third Reich. The Working Class and the ‘national community’. Translated by John Broadwin, Berg: Oxford, New York,, pp.103f.
2. Web site: Hours of work provisions under the national industrial recovery act 1934 . 2017-06-08 . labordoc.ilo.org . en.
3. Cornelia Schmitz-Berning (2000): Volkabular des Nationalsozialismus, s.v. Betriebsführer, Berlin:de Gruyter,, pp.95f.