Literally the Reich’s Work Service. It was also known as the
RAD. If young women had been to one of the schools where they learnt how to do
housekeeping they only had to do half a year. The girls would go to camps and
live in barracks. They were then taught a variety of skills including household
management and childcare. This was in
line with the Nazi ideal of producing efficient mothers. After six months, the
girls might have an outside placement, perhaps helping on a farm, helping a
family that had over five children or helping at a hospital. They might have
also been kept at the camp to help teach other girls. They would then go on to
their Kriegshilfsdienst
It was created in 1934 to help to reduce unemployment.
However, as the war progressed there was plenty of employment especially for
the men. At the time of our story it was mainly a training programme for women
and got them ready for the later Kriegshilfsdienst
though men involved still were used on major projects such as the construction
of motorways.
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