Editing Gestapo (section)

===Trade unions===
Shortly after the Nazis came to power, they decided to dissolve the 28 federations of the General German Trade Union Confederation, because Hitler—after noting their success in the works council elections—intended to consolidate all German workers under the Nazi government's administration, a decision he made on 7 April 1933.{{sfn|Longerich|2019|pp=311–312}} As a preface to this action, Hitler decreed May 1 as National Labor Day to celebrate German workers, a move the trade union leaders welcomed. With their trade union flags waving, Hitler gave a rousing speech to the 1.5 million people assembled on Berlin's {{lang|de|[[Tempelhofer Feld]]}} that was nationally broadcast, during which he extolled the nation's revival and working class solidarity.{{sfn|Longerich|2019|p=312}} On the following day, the newly formed Gestapo officers, who had been shadowing some 58 trade union leaders, arrested them wherever they could find them—many in their homes.{{sfn|Delarue|2008|p=21}} Meanwhile, the SA and police occupied trade union headquarters, arrested functionaries, confiscated their property and assets; all by design so as to be replaced on 12 May by the [[German Labour Front]] (DAF), a Nazi organisation placed under the leadership of [[Robert Ley]].{{sfn|Longerich|2019|pp=312–313}} For their part, this was the first time the Gestapo operated under its new name since its 26 April 1933 founding in Prussia.{{sfn|Delarue|2008|p=21}}