Bayern and Hitler

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  1. Catfish

    Catfish Member

    Oct 1, 2002
    Chicago
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    #1 Catfish, Oct 9, 2003
    I read some where that Bayern was Hitler's favorite club and the pride of Nazis. Is any of this true? Does Bayern Munich have links to the Nazis?

    Thanks for your thoughts and time.
     
  2. Alex_K

    Alex_K Member+

    Mar 23, 2002
    Braunschweig, Germany
    Club:
    Eintracht Braunschweig
    Nat'l Team:
    Bhutan
    #2 Alex_K, Oct 9, 2003
    No. Actually they can claim that they had less ties to the Nazis than many other clubs (although they were defenitely not openly anti-NS).


    That was Schalke.
     
  3. Catfish

    Catfish Member

    Oct 1, 2002
    Chicago
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    #3 Catfish, Oct 9, 2003
    Thanks for the information.

    Why was Schalke the pride of the Nazis?

    Nice to hear from Bundesliga fans that actually LIVE in Germany.
     
  4. bert patenaude

    bert patenaude Member

    Apr 16, 2001
    White Plains, NY
    #4 bert patenaude, Oct 9, 2003
  5. Alex_K

    Alex_K Member+

    Mar 23, 2002
    Braunschweig, Germany
    Club:
    Eintracht Braunschweig
    Nat'l Team:
    Bhutan
    #5 Alex_K, Oct 9, 2003
    Re: Thanks for the information.

    The Nazis linked Schalkes success to the rise of the Nationalsocialist movement in their propaganda (Schalke were a worker's club that won their first championship in 1933/34, one year after the Nazis came to power and totally dominated soccer in the Third Reich).
     

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