Stuttgart Declaration (1933)

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In the Stuttgart Declaration of April 9, 1933, 14 southern German football clubs announced their intention to exclude Jewish members from the clubs. The declaration was signed by the representatives of the participants in this year's South German final round. With the exception of FSV Mainz 05 and Wormatia Worms , all other clubs were represented.

"The signed clubs of the South German Football and Athletics Association, who were present in Stuttgart on April 9, 1933 and were involved in the finals of the southern German football championship, happily and resolutely make themselves available to the national government in the field of physical training ready to work with all of your strength. They are willing to draw all conclusions in full with this cooperation, especially with regard to the question of removing Jews from the sports clubs. They also consider it a patriotic duty to include military sport in their youth education program.

Stuttgarter Kickers , Karlsruher FV , Phoenix Karlsruhe , Union Böckingen , FSV Frankfurt , Eintracht Frankfurt , 1. FC Nuremberg , SpVgg Fürth , SV Waldhof , Phoenix Ludwigshafen , Bayern Munich , 1860 Munich , FC Kaiserslautern , FC Pirmasens "

The exclusion of Jews after the takeover of the Nazis was observed in January 1933 in all sectors of society, was thus announced in the southern German club football. The Stuttgart Declaration was later implemented by including so-called Aryan paragraphs in the statutes of the associations. 1. FC Nürnberg decided, effective May 1, 1933, to expel all Jewish members belonging to it. Such an amendment to the statutes of Bayern Munich was made in 1935. Even at 1. FC Kaiserslautern there were no more Jewish members until the end of 1936.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung: The Jews and Football
  2. ↑ Der Kicker , No. 15, April 11, 1933.
  3. ^ Christoph Bausenwein, Harald Kaiser, Bernd Siegler: 1. FC Nürnberg. The legend of the club , Göttingen 1996, ISBN 3-89533-163-5 .
  4. ^ Spiegel Online: The role of FC Bayern in the Nazi era
  5. ↑ Markwart Herzog: The "Betze" under the Hakenkreuz , Göttingen 2006, pp. 50–52.