The Nationalsozialistischer Lehrerbund (NSLB) or National Socialist Teachers’ League, a member association of the NSDAP, was founded in 1929 by Hans Scheinm with headquarters in Bayreuth (the “House of German Education”). After the Seizure of Power, the NSLB had the special assignment of “aligning” all teachers in terms of the NS worldview. It was organized into 10 divisions, of which the most important was the division for education and instruction, with seven specialty groups (Fachschafteri) for institutions from universities to special schools.
After the death of its founder, Fritz Wachtler assumed the position of Reichswalter (Reich Administrator) on 5 December 1935. On 27 October 1938, Wachtler dedicated the league’s own Reichsschule in Bayreuth. Its purpose was the training of functionaries, who were responsible for ideological faithfulness on a regional level, aided by courses, leisure activities, teachers’ camps, and similar devices.