KdF made the effort to educate, or better said indoctrinate, in every way, and also together with DAF and NSDAP, to get rid of decline/decay/waste and build/rebuild on that. Technical stuff, progress, inprove, develop, everything. Radio was cracking hot that time! Even the first KdF.-holidaytrain had its own radiostation in München, playing tunes for the relaxing holiday people in the train enjoying views. There was no organisation for artists rights, forbidding to play music in public anywhere, like trains or work. Attached, a shot of the radiostation for the first holidaytrain (
pic 4), and a shot of the radiostation of a company; Betriebsrundfunkanlage der Dresdener Gardinen und Spitzenmanufaktur (
pic 5). There were more KdF-holidaytrains and if that topic intresests you then look for the booktitle "Ein KdF.-Urlauberzug rollt ins Salzkammergut,"
(maybe here) or go see
this. Theres surely some nice free knowledge out there. Also, in that link above, much to read about radio, or
Funk, in German. Like, all radiostations, were obligated to play each an every talk/speech Hitler did anywhere. Ofcourse, also other rules, regultations and all that. Control over/influence people by radio. And present the technology as fun. This pin, is for a KdF trip to the Berliner Funkausstellung, the exhibition of/for radio(technology), in 1938. Theres another of these for a year earlier, that pin is maybe twice the size of this? The one here is about 2.5 centimetres high and 2 centimetres wide (
1 by 0.8 inches). Smashing design, proud little eagles head, in front of the swastika. In Tiëste on page 91 of book A-K of 2010 edition.
Enjoy,
KR
