What was the role of the 'Reich Labour Service' (RAD) in the Third Reich?
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Correct answer: To conscript young men for public works and military training
The RAD was a major agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment by engaging young men in manual labor for state projects. It also served as a pre-military training ground, indoctrinating youth with Nazi values through physical labor.
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