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Here is a fantastic example of a Volkssozialistische Selbsthilfe member door plaque. These were put on the doors of NSV style welfare officials so the population knew where they were located. Maker marked on the reverse. Hard to find so don’t miss out! The National Socialist People’s Welfare ( Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt , NSV) was a social welfare organization during the Third Reich. The NSV was established in 1931 as a local welfare organization; on 3 May 1933, shortly after the Nazi Party took power in Weimar Germany, Hitler turned it into a party organization of the NSDAP. During World War II, the NSV took over more and more governmental responsibilities, especially in the fields of child and youth labor. The expenses for the Nazi’s welfare state continued to mount, increasing significantly just before and after the beginning of World War II. In three budgetary years, the funds required by Germany’s social welfare programs had more than doubled from 640.4 million Reichmarks in 1938 to 1.395 billion Reichmarks by 1941. The Nazi social welfare provisions included old age insurance, rent supplements, unemployment and disability benefits, old-age homes and interest-free loans for married couples, along with healthcare insurance, which was not decreed mandatory until 1941. Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!
