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 | | The Reichsarbeitsdienst was a vast paramilitary organization similar to the Braunhemden, or S.A., but designed for boys approaching manhood to receive systematic training not only in labor, camping, sports, and Nazi ideology, but also in soldiering (Shirer 254). |
 | | Knappe’s labor service concluded with the honor of his being among the 10% of the Labor Service recruits who, after months of practice and hard work, were selected to march in the historic September 1938 Nuremburg Rally that was attended by Hitler himself along with all of the German command (p95). |
 | | After his service in the Reichsarbeitsdienst was complete, Knappe became a soldat in the German Army where he volunteered to serve in the artillery. |
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