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What does KDF stand for?

Kraft Durch Freude (German: Strength Through Joy; Hitler's name for the original models of the Volkwagen Beetle in 1938)


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The most prominent achievement in this respect was the introduction of mass tourism, organized by Kraft durch Freude (KdF, literally "Strength through Joy").
With his brother-in-law Bodo Lafferentz, head of the Kraft durch Freude unit that co-financed Bayreuth, he set up a concentration camp near the festival grounds to manufacture parts for V-1 and V-2 flying bombs.
The holiday camp, a product of the Kraft durch Freude (KdF) - 'Strength Through Joy' - campaign, was designed to provide every German worker with the opportunity to enjoy two weeks of holiday for a nominal fee of two marks per day.

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