Ley, Robert
- Date of birth:
- February 15th, 1890 (Niederbreidenbach, German Empire)
- Date of death:
- October 25th, 1945 (Nuremberg, Germany)
- Service number:
- SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.: 18.441
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
20.01.1929: Führertagung der NSDAP, Weimar
June 10 - December 9, 1932: Reich Inspector II.
December 9, 1932 - May 8, 1945: Stabschef Reichsorganisationsamt, later
Reich Organisationsleiter.
00.00.1933: Ehrenbürgerrecht der Stadt Leverkusen (revoked 23.05.1945)
May 10, 1933 - May 8, 1945: Leader of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF).
June 2, 1933 - May 8, 1945: Reichsleiter.
00.00.1936: awarded the Ehrenplakette für die Mitglieder des Reichs-Kultur-Senat
15.02.1937: Ehrenbürgerrecht der Stadt Köln
21.09.1937: awarded the honorary medal of the Italian leisure-time organisation Dopolavoro
November 15, 1940 - May 8, 1945: Reich Commissioner for the construction of social housing.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Kriegsfreiwilliger
- Awarded on:
- 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1918
Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
- Awarded on:
- 1933
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 1934
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Ehrennadel Thüringer NSBO
- Awarded on:
- October 31st, 1935
- Awarded on:
- 1936
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Cavaliere della Croce Grande
- Awarded on:
- April 14th, 1937
- Awarded on:
- 1937
- Awarded on:
- 1937
- Awarded on:
- 1937
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 23rd, 1939
- Awarded on:
- April 3rd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
Orden Imperial del Yugo y las Flechas Gran Cruz
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 21st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 30th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leiter der Deutsche Arbeitsfront
- Awarded on:
- January 30th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leiter der Deutsche Arbeitsfront
- Awarded on:
- June 10th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Wikimedia Commons
- - Smelser, R., Robert Ley: Hitler's Labor Front Leader (1989)
- Czeike, F., Historisches Lexikon Wien
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