Gustav Schäfer (sports official)

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Gustav Schäfer (born September 5, 1896 in Wimpfen , † after 1934) was a German sports functionary and SA leader , most recently with the rank of SA chief .

Live and act

Schäfer was a certified sports and boxing teacher . In the 1920s he worked as a boxing teacher at the University of Physical Exercise .

On June 1, 1931, he joined the NSDAP ( membership number 551.559) and its street combat unit, the Sturmabteilung (SA). In 1931 he was appointed group sports officer of the SA group Berlin-Brandenburg with the rank of SA storm leader.

On July 1, 1932, Schäfer was promoted to Standartenführer to SA-Standartenführer z. b. V. appointed to the staff of the Berlin-Brandenburg SA group. From October 18, 1932 to May 20, 1933, Schäfer served as "Adjutant of the Berlin-Brandenburg Group " of the SA. At that time he was one of the three highest functionaries in the SA management team in the capital, along with the leader of the group, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff , and the staff leader Achim von Arnim .

After Count Helldorf was replaced by Karl Ernst as leader of the Berlin SA in March 1933 , Schäfer is likely to have de facto resigned from his position as adjutant of the SA group Berlin-Brandenburg. With the Führer order No. 15 of July 1, 1933, Schäfer was officially relieved of his position as adjutant with effect from May 20, 1933 and placed at the special disposal of the group. On April 6, 1933 he was also appointed city gymnastics warden of the city of Berlin.

According to Hans Joachim Teichler , Schäfer, as a "sports officer of the NSDAP", played a key role in the anti-Semitic decisions of German boxing.

1933 Shepherd was the representative from the National Socialist Teachers Federal (NSLB) Hans Berendes the leader (chairman) of the newly established National Union of German gymnastics, sports and gymnastics teacher eV in Nazi Teachers League appointed. In this position, which he held until 1935 or 1936, he was responsible for the administration and organization of all freelance gymnastics, sports and gymnastics teachers.

In November 1934, Schäfer was made available to SA Standard 1 with effect from October 15, 1934.

Schäfer resigned from the SA effective December 1, 1934 at his own request, releasing his position as Standartenführer zV of Standarte 1 and his rank.

promotion

  • 1932: SA standard leader

Fonts

  • Boxing as a physical exercise. Martial arts and self defense . Printed and published by Gerhard Stalling , Oldenburg 1925.
  • Boxing school , 4 vols. Weidmann , Berlin 1925.
    • Vol. 1: Preparation and push
    • Vol. 2: Hooks, vibrators and varieties of strokes
    • Vol. 3: The close combat
    • Vol. 4: Boxing in the clubs
  • Essay, in: Friedrich von Mildner (Ed.): Olympia 1936 and the physical exercises in the National Socialist State , Berlin 1936, p. 328ff.

literature

  • Frank Becker : Shaping the sport. Nazi period , 2009.
  • Hajo Bernett: Studies on the Contemporary History of Sports , 1974, p. 63.
  • Hans Joachim Teichler: International Sports Policy in the Third Reich , 1991.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fuhrer order of the Supreme SA Leadership No. II of September 9, 1932, p. 7 ("Under promotion to Standartenführer is appointed Standartenführer zbV for the staff of the Berlin-Brandenburg Group Gustav Schäfer").
  2. ↑ Fuehrer order of the Oberste SA-Führun no. 11 of January 25, 1933, p. 3 ("Will be appointed adjutant of the group Berlin-Brandenburg Standartenführer Gustav Schäfer on October 18, 1932.").
  3. ↑ Fuhrer order of the Supreme SA leadership No. 15 of July 1, 1933 ("Adjutant of the Berlin-Brandenburg Standartenführer Gustav Schäfer mWv May 20, 1933 under position zbV of the group.").
  4. ↑ Hans Joachim Teichler: International Sport Policy in the Third Reich , 1991, p. 63.
  5. ↑ Fuhrer order No. 27 of November 8, 1934, p. 2 ("Standartenführer 1 is made available: Standartenführer Gustav Schäfer on October 15th, 1934, with the release of his position as Standartenführer zbV of the Berlin-Brandenburg group.").
  6. ↑ Leader's Order of the Supreme SA Leadership No. 29, p. 6.
  7. ↑ Fuehrer's Order of the Supreme SA Leadership No. II of September 9, 1932, p. 7.
personal data
SURNAME Shepherd, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports functionary and SA leader, most recently with the rank of SA Oberführer
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Wimpfen
DATE OF DEATH after 1934