 Nazi Party members who were active in communal welfare professionally or as volunteers had to be NSV members.With 17 million Germans receiving assistance under the auspices of NSV by 1939, the agency "projected a powerful image of caring and support".The Nazis provided a plethora of social welfare programs under the Nazi concept of "Volksgemeinschaft", which promoted the collectivity of a people's community where citizens would sacrifice themselves for the greater good.