page_title: Reich Labour Service
hierarchical_section_title: Reich Labour Service
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. 51300 Reichsarbeitsdienst als Erntehelfer. In Ostpreußen wurden gestern vier motorisierte Erntehilfszüge des Reichsarbeitsdienstes eingesetzt, die überall eingreifen, wo eine schnelle Einbringung der Ernte notwendig erscheint. Jedem Zug gehören 36 Arbeitsmänner an, die sämtlich mit Sense arbeiten können. Scherl Bilderdienst, Berlin/ 28.7.1938 [Herausgabedatum] AV 51 300
context_page_description: The Reich Labour Service 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.
  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.
context_section_description: 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.
  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.
caption: RAD members working in the field, East Prussia, 1938
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