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Niel was the bandmaster of the infantry of the Imperial German Army during World War I. He joined with the Nazi party when they seized power in 1933, becoming a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Sturmabteillung<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">troop leader before being promoted to band leader of the <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reichsarbeitsdienst<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RAD<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) training program. The RAD was a Nazi party organization for civil service. Hitler\u2019s goal was for participation in the program to be compulsory, but it remained officially voluntary after protest from the Geneva World Disarmament Conference. The RAD focused on indoctrinating the workforce into Nazi ideology through participation in their program. 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