[2] The union was linked to the German National Socialist Workers Party (DNSAP).
[6] Deutschsozialistische Bergarbeiterverband was affiliated with the Reichsvereinigung der Deutschen Gewerkschaften ('National Association of German Trade Unions').
[9] In 1929 key unions broke away from the Reichvereinigung and founded the Verband deutscher Gewerkschaften.
[11] The Deutschsozialistische Bergarbeiterverband and the communist Red Trade Unions were the leading forces of the 1931 miners strike in Most.
[12] At its peak, Deutschsozialistische Bergarbeiterverband had 78 local branches and by 1932 the union claimed to represent a majority of German miners in Czechoslovakia.