Volkswohlfahrt NSV memberships card Gau Sachsen 1934

Very early NS-Volkswohlfahrt memberships card. Gau Sachsen. Issued 1934 with contribution marks at the back till 1939.

The Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (NSV), meaning “National Socialist People’s Welfare”, was a social welfare organization during the Third Reich. The NSV was established in 1933, shortly after the NSDAP took power in Germany. Its seat was in Berlin. The structure of the NSV was based on the Nazi Party model, with local, county (Kreis) and group administrations.