Dietwart

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The Dietwart has been an official in the Austrian Gymnastics Federation since the beginning of the gymnastics clubs in Austria, responsible for festivities, speeches, youth care and the like.

Meaning of the name

Diet comes from Middle High German and means people , in a figurative sense German ; Pronunciation of diht.

The oldest origin of the word Diet comes from Old High German , from the Latin form theodiske = people . From this form the term theoda developed towards the end of the 8th century for the politically connected tribe or the tribal relatives by blood. The Dietwart is, in the most original sense of the word, the Volkswart , the Deutschwart , i.e. the caretaker of everything that belongs to the people and is their own.

Historical

Since the beginning of the gymnastics clubs, there was also the Dietwart in addition to the administrators for gymnastics and the like. The gymnastics club Baden (Lower Austria), founded in 1862, introduced this office in 1889 in addition to the normal club organs.

Many ÖTB associations still have a Dietwart today .

time of the nationalsocialism

The office of Dietwarts was made compulsory during the National Socialist era in August 1934.

During the Nazi era, on behalf of the Reich Sports Leader, the Dietwart was supposed to train all gymnastics and sports clubs in the National Socialist sense and to convey their ideology and “educational goals”, i.e. racial awareness, community spirit, ethnic attitude and anti-Jewish resentment, to the members . In addition, he had to ensure that the members of associations sing National Socialist songs and hear the speeches of the Führer . The racial attitude of the athletes was checked in diet evenings and diet exams.

literature

  • Kathi Renner: Freshly Fromm, Fröhlich Frei . In: Context XXI : NS / OÖ. Special number. No. 45. kupf.at (online ns-ooe.contextxxi.at )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ diet. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 2 : Beer murderer – D - (II). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1860 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  2. ^ West German observer , February 8, 1935.
  3. ↑ Andreas Schulz: The generals of the Waffen SS and the police . Volume 3. Bissendorf 2008, p. 188 FN 11