Nationalsozialistischer Lehrerbund

  • National Socialist Teachers League
  • NSLB
Identifier
703
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

1927/1943

History

The Nationalsozialistische Lehrerbund was established as a wing of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei in 1927. After 1933, the Nazi regime purged the public school system of teachers deemed to be Jews or to be 'politically unreliable'. Most educators, however, remained in their posts and joined the Nationalsozialistischer Lehrerbund. 97% of all public school teachers, some 300,000 persons, had joined the Lehrerbund by 1936. In fact, teachers joined the Nationalsozialistischer Lehrerbund in greater numbers than any other profession.

Places

  • Founded in Germany.

Sources

  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, www.ushmm.org