Introduction

• History

Organization of the RAD (men)

• Arbeitsgaue
• Organization

Organization of the RADwJ (women)

• Bezirke

Ranks

• FAD ranks
• RAD ranks
• RADwJ ranks

RAD equivalents in the occupied countries

• Arbeidstjenesten (Norway)
• Baudienst im Generalgouvernement (Poland)
• Landsarbejdstjenesten (Denmark)
• Nederlandse Arbeidsdienst (Netherlands)
• Service Volontaire du Travail pour la Wallonie (Belgium)
• Vrijwillige Arbeidsdienst voor Vlaanderen (Belgium)

Various

• High awards holders
• Militaria
• Reichsarbeitsdienst-Divisionen

RAD-solders during a shooting exercise, note the edelweiss traditions badge of the Arbeitsgaue in former Austria

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