Reich Labour Service
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The Reich Labour Service was a major paramilitary organization established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militarise the workforce and
An RAD squad in 1940
RAD members working in the field, East Prussia, 1938
RAD members digging a trench for a RAD flak battery in March 1945
Konstantin Hierl
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Konstantin Alois Hierl was a German career military officer who became a major figure in the administration of Nazi Germany. An associate of Adolf Hitler before he came to national power, Hierl became
Reich Labour Service
…As the name stated, participation was voluntary. The concept was adopted by Adolf Hitler, who upon the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 appointed Konstantin Hierl state secretary in the Reich Ministry of Labour, responsible for FAD matters. Hierl was already a high-ranking member of the NSDAP and head of the…
Hierl in 1941
Hierl, on the right, with Alfred Rosenberg and Hans Frank at a diplomatic reception, Berlin, February 1939
Quotation of Hierl featured in Wochenspruch der NSDAP, 19 October 1941
Reichsarbeitsführer Hierl receives the German Order with Oak Leaves and Swords from Adolf Hitler on 24 February 1945