The General Federation of Free Employees (, AfA-Bund) was an amalgamation of various socialist-oriented trade unions of technical and administrative employees in the Weimar Republic. It was one of the founding members of the Iron Front on 16 December, 1931.Donna Harsch (1998), "The Iron Front: Weimar Social Democracy Between Tradition and Modernity, p. 251. in Barclay, D.E. and Weitz, E.D. (1998) Between reform and revolution : German socialism and communism from 1840 to 1990. New York: Berghahn Books
Member organizations encompassed groups as diverse as artists, theater workers, bank clerks, foremen, and technical employees and managers. It was founded in 1920 and was dissolved in on March 30, 1933, just before the newly empowered Nazi regime began crushing the Free Trade Unions. Throughout its existence, it was led by Siegfried Aufhäuser.Christian Zentner, Friedemann Bedürftig (1991). The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. Macmillan, New York.
Affiliates The following unions were affiliated to the federation:
Central Union of Employees (ZdA) German Workers' Union (DWV) Union of Technical Staff and Officials (Butab) Polishing, Works and Shaft Masters' Unions General Association of German Bank Employees Co-operative of German Stage Members International Artists' Lodge (IAL) Union of German Ship Engineers Master Craftsmen's Association of the Shoe Industry German Choir and Dancers' Union German Union of Carriers Union of cutters, directors Union of German Captains and Helmsmen of Merchant Shipping and Deep Sea Fishing AfA Association of Polish Upper Silesia
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