Employment in Nazi Germany

• RAD was set up in 1933 and was paid work for the unskilled who were previously unemployed and relying on benefits
• Work in the RAD included repairing roads, planting trees and draining marshes.
• In 1935, it was made compulsory for all young men to partake in RAD for at least 6 months. 422000 people were apart of it by 1935
• RAD was unpopular due to the low pay and poor working conditions. People considered it more as services for the Nazis rather than employment
• Autobahms was a project for a 7000 mile network of dual carriageway roads. It first opened in May 1935 and offered employment for over 125000 men
• 3500 km of autobahms was completed by 1938. It helped the german economy as more goods could be traded
• In 1935, conscription was put in place in Germany and by 1939, 1360000 men were in the army
• Rearmament reduced unemployment, as people employed in aircraft construction went from 4000 to 72000 between 1933 and 1935
• According to Historians, the Nazis may have not reduced unemployment, instead having sent many to concentration camps which reduced cases of unemployment
• In Nazi Germany, part time work was considered fully employed, which theoretically reduced unemployment
• The public often did not consider working as the SA, SS or Gestapo as real jobs