Deutscher Aufbaudienst ('German Construction Service', abbreviated D.A.D.) was an organization of ethnic Germans in Slovakia during World War II, organizing volunteer labour for construction efforts.[1] German sources claimed 19,725 persons participated in the D.A.D. brigades of 1941.[2] In the summer of 1941 a women's wing of D.A.D. was set up under the leadership of Edith Neumann.[3]
Amongst the buildings constructed by the D.A.D. labour brigades was a sports stadium in Bratislava.[1] Participants in the labour brigades were awarded pins with the D.A.D. symbol in bronze, silver or gild, depending on how many hours of volunteer labour they contributed with.[1]