Factory community explained

A community of factory workers or a business community (de|Betriebsgemeinschaft) comprised the owner, management and work force in businesses and companies in Nazi Germany in accordance with the leader principle (German: Führerprinzip). The owner/manager was called “main leader” while the employees were considered to be followers (German: Gefolgschaft). In order to promote a climate of mutual trust and understanding a Council of Trust had to be established under the Labour organization law. This council was elected from a list of candidates set up by the main leader for the factory workers or business community and the German Labour Front overseer (German: Betriebsobmann). In accordance with Nazi ideology, foreigners and members of minorities considered unworthy of trust, could not be part of the factory community.^{[1] [2]}

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. Cornelia Schmitz-Berning (2000): Volkabular des Nationalsozialismus, s.v. Betriebsgemeinschaft, Berlin:de Gruyter,, pp.96f.