Reich labour Service photo album ww2 German R A D In Red

Description

Reich labour Service photo album ww2 German R A D In Red.
Complete Album in Red
The Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst; RAD) was a major organisation established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militarise the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ideology. It was the official state labour service, divided into separate sections for men and women.
Reich Labour Service
Reichsarbeitsdienst - RAD
RAD Hausflagge.svg
House flag with RAD symbol
Arbeitsdienst.jpg
A RAD squad in 1940
Agency overview
Formed
26 June 1935
Preceding agencies
Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst (FAD)
Nationalsozialistischer
Arbeitsdienst (NSAD)
Dissolved
8 May 1945
Type
Labour Army
Jurisdiction
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Occupied Europe
Headquarters
Berlin–Grunewald
52°29′31″N 13°17′6″E
Employees
200,000 (1935)
350,000 (October 1939)
Agency executives
Konstantin Hierl
Wilhelm Decker, Deputy
Parent agency
Reich Ministry of the Interior[1]
From June 1935 onward, men aged between 18 and 25 may have served six months before their military service. During World War II, compulsory service also included young women and the RAD developed to an auxiliary formation which provided support for the Wehrmacht armed forces.