Hertha frogs

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The Hertha frogs were an association of supporters of the Berlin football club Hertha BSC . The association, which was founded in the 1960s, gained notoriety especially in the 1970s and 1980s because of its high potential for violence and its proximity to right-wing extremism .

history

Peter “Pepe” Mager, born in 1939, who was also the leader of the group at the beginning, is considered to be the founder of the Hertha Frogs. This began in Hertha's first Bundesliga season 1963/1964 by organizing trips away to the games. From this initially loose connection, a permanent group emerged, which Hertha followed to every game. She got the name "Hertha Frösche" in the early 1970s from Berlin sports journalist and former Hertha player Lutz Rosenzweig († 2005) when they jumped up and down in the stands during a game against Rot-Weiss Essen to keep warm . The friendship with fans of the Karlsruher SC in 1976 also goes back to the Hertha frogs .

The frogs were also known for the fact that many members of the right-wing scene could be assigned and that the group had a high propensity for violence. Thus, the Hertha Frogs became a nationally known hooligan group as the "Gelsenkirchen scene" at FC Schalke 04 or Borussenfront of Borussia Dortmund .

Towards the end of the 1980s, the group continuously shrank in line with the nationwide trend; However, experienced a certain renaissance after the fall of the Berlin Wall , after new opponents from the surrounding area became available in the form of fan groups from clubs from the former GDR . However, with the advent of the ultra-movement, the influence of the frogs began to wane.

The last activities of the Hertha Frogs can be dated to around 2002, but the group no longer officially exists. Nevertheless, there are still more or less organized problem fans in the Hertha BSC fan scene, albeit in a comparatively smaller number.

literature

  • Michael Jahn: We're just not going home. The history of Hertha BSC Berlin . 1st edition. Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-89533-535-8 , p. 281 ff .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Titus Simon: Raufhändel and rampage. Social history of aggressive youth cultures and educational efforts from the 19th century to the present . 1st edition. Juventa-Verlag, Weinheim / Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7799-0255-9 , p. 202 .
  2. ↑ After 40 years of loyalty, Pepe Mager leaves the stadium forever. In: Berliner Morgenpost . January 31, 2004, accessed June 23, 2009 .
  3. ^ Helmut Friberg: Fan trip to Karlsruhe. (No longer available online.) Hertha BSC, January 21, 2004, archived from the original on February 27, 2005 ; Retrieved June 23, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.herthabsc.de
  4. ↑ Frank Willmann: When the Hertha frog made males. In: Tagesspiegel. December 13, 2012, accessed September 19, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Claudia Markert: http://www.11freunde.de/artikel/die-geschichte-einer-liebe. In: 11friends. January 11, 2012, accessed September 19, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Lorenz Vossen: Hertha against Schalke is about more than football. In: Berliner Morgenpost. April 27, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Ulrich Freise: "The Third Half" - Dealing with problem fans in Berlin football . Ed .: Berlin House of Representatives. August 12, 2008 ( parlament-berlin.de [PDF]).