THE GERMAN SPORTS COMMITTEE OF THE FDJ

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 20, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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ANFORMATION REPORT ^r% hil-t
COUNTRY Germany ('ussian Zone)
S4. ` .9 EOT The German b C oa i ttoe of the :,,DJ
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The Gem, an Sports Committee of the ,?DJ
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1, On 1 January 1.950., the total membership of the sport groups of the I'DJ was
claimed to be 650,000 youth., and it was planned by -,J'hitsuntide to raise this
total to 19000.,000 by competitive recruiting. The sport groups totaled
approximately 291100 rc: ;alar ?oups plus 1,120 shop Touts.
2. State Sport Schools in operation ivere as fol?.ows:
Dorl n: 1.; Brandenburg: 1; "'ee":1enburg 2;
Saxony: 2; Saxony laniialt: 2-, Thuringia: 1
3 The German Sports Coruidttee is or anized as follows:
Secretariat of the German S;aorts?Ctte
ale German Sport-School
State ' : ri o r t s Conamttee . for :~
s? IBrandeni KEJ .ieekac bu 2~ Saxony rLnh j T~ hux?~ n ,ia~
actoxy&Houps under each State C , , 'ttee
State Sport Schools
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!a.a The Secretariat has t e following departments with functions and staff as given:
as anization Dotm : Control of the organization and sport groups,
a.ssipc mint of instructors; inspection; organization of central sports
events; preparation of statistics. (-',cc also item c:`, below), I Chief,
1 Deputy, 12 Assistants.
k) Personnel . e to s Deve ~o; ent and supervision of the cadres; selection
of students "r or the State Sport Schools and for the German Sport School;
ass:ig nont of technical and political sports personnel; security matters
and collaboration iii h the Police and the iiinictry of the interior.
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c, Technical Dept.: Technical supervision and direction of the sport
organizations; rules and technical literature; organization of the
special committees for the 23 branches of sport (rri.th the exception
of "hnotor-sports", which are the responsibility of the Organization
Dept.'); composition of central sports events for every branch; selection
of instructors front the technical point of view 1. Chief, 18 Assistants.
d. Culture and Education Dept.: Political indoctrination; supervision
of the curricula of the sport schools; control of decorations; liaison
with the TTJ Central Council. 1 Chief, 1 Deputy, ? Assistants.
Dept.: Control of funds; financing of sports events; auditing
of school an:?. committee accounts; management of money contributions
from all sources. 1 Chief, 1 Deputy; 12 Assistants.
f. Press Dept.: Publishes the "Sport Press Service of the :DDS"; supervises
the newspapers and magazincs of the German Sports-Publishing Co Super
vises the sports news programs of the radio stations of the DD?. l Chief,
6 Assistants.
Championship Dept, : Promotion and assistance of the best athletes
supply of sports material, special ration cards, rort homes, etc.
(presently provided for 1,300 top athletes); maintains a register of
all first-class athletes. 1 Chief, 3 Assistants.
from the FEY -& "Landesmoister It up) by means of scholarships, priority
h. international Sports Ielations Dent.: Conduct and direction of inter-
national and interzonal sports events; procurement of passes, etc.;,
supervision of athletes vvzo are abroad or in western Germany; super-
vision and maintenance of foreign and Jost German sports delegations.
1 Chief, 2 Assistants, currently operated by the Personnel Dept.
i. Factory` Sports Dept.: Development of central factory sports groups
as the nucleus for the ,growth of mass sports on a large scale; liaison
with FDGI3; liaison with "Sport and :landcrbedarfs GmbIHI" as supplier of
all sports goods; liaison with "Jugeendheim Gmb!l" as the owner of the
sports fields and bu. ldin, s. 1 Chief, 2 Assistants
The address of the German Sports Committee is Berlin, Neustaedtische Kirche 15.
6. The Committee maintains the closest working relations with:
Erich Honocker, Chief of the FBJ Central, Council,
Ernst Mueller, the functionary of the FDGB responsible for sports,
Friedel Lewin and Kurt ?del of the Bureau of Youth Problems and
IIlysical T-:xe-_ccises of the Office of the Deputy 11inister-
President j'alter Ulbricht.
7. The following are the leading personalities In the Committee:
I3igal1ce, fnu -- Chief of the State Sports Committee for Saxony "i.nhalt.
Dose, Heinz !.- Chief of the Sports Camaittee for Berlin.
Ewald, Manfred - Deputy Chief of the Organization Dept. of the
Secretariat. `:ias HJ Scharfuehrer, soldier (wounded in
World War II). FJJJ and SE D member.
Feicht, Julius - Chief of the Technical Dept. of the Secretariat,
'Jell Imam svd mYer.
Guentert, Hermann - Chief of the Culture and Education Dept. of
the Secretariat. Said to have been an officer and a
member of the Free Germany Committee. Was Chief of
the Dept. of Culture and Education of the FDJ in 19L.8.
Horn, Ernst - Chief of the German Sports Committee. Member of the
FDJ in Thuringia and Youth Secretary of the SED. gas
in the State Directorate in Thuringia until March 1.949.
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Iluhn, Klaus - Chief of Press Dent? of the Secretariat; his replace-?
iae -t b y' Heinz Jacobus of the t"Sport ,cho< is, rumored.
Iluhn is 2 years old, member of the SED and the 21)J.
.As father is president of the Deutsche Notenbank., Also
sports editor of the rer a:,er 'tlleuos Deutschlandte,,
Hultsch,, Herbert - Chief of the State Sports C -ittee for Thuringia.
Jacobus, Heinz - see :Iuhny I;lat s
Kaufmann, :7erner - Chief of the Land Sports -- Caraal tteo for Brandenburg..
ilt crloew, ilolmut - Deputy to i!ormann Guentert. lk ged to be
an ex "Russian Po''J. graduate of the . Lntifa School at
;:rasnogorsk.
Laehkanrp., Joachim - Chief of the Championship Depto of the Secre-
tariat0 .iJ Ccharf'uehrrr, soldier, and rounded in
fond ;ar 11. Youth Secretary of the ,7J 1943-h9.
?.'el~asj Gerhard -- Chief of the i'in .nce ')ept0 of the ;ccretariat.
'office official in ^reslau prior to 1933; leader of
a Communist cell in the Police; Police President of
scot ..dam after l9415; norsonal differences ,,~Lth Lore
(P.ieck) Staimer led to iris separation from the force;
in present post since iePtoraber 1949.
I'oichert., : udi -- Chief of the State S:' ores Co aiittee for :. ccklenburg..
' s,ann, Heinz ~- Chief of the Personnel Dept.. of the Secretariat.
7Cturned to Germany from in lish eraii;ration in 1946.
Good friend of Forst ;3rasch. as at first chief of the
Division ;Bork and Social Matters in the Central Council
of the i'DJ,, then head of the or.k of Youtho In 190
he became chief of the :.Iai.nn Youth Office of the Central
tc3rn its st,ration for I eoplc's ..ducation and referent for
youth prormotion0 In present post since October 19L 9.
uotlzlia~r g idi - -ormcriy had 7eicht's, --:ost but is now ill and
also on the shelf rr _iecause of burgeole deviations Q
well-Imoro . "red" athlete u
,,,elchorrv :?rxox? ~- Chief of the actory Sports Dept.. of the ;ecre-
tar?iat.. Member of the KJI (sic) before 1933, ' on-
co,u i.ssioned officer in .7orl.d far II. ussian Po:
x e:tume.6 in January _1949? extremely radical Communist.
r?afflo, Gerhard r. Chief of the Organization :)cpt,, of the G,ecre-
ta,x- r:.t; , )J b rlin Organization Uhler In 1947. in
presrnt post since. 5,,conbcr 19bu , tirieitod the 5;; 4
for six necks in 1.949. Gifted orgatlizer., is considered
to be the tts`':,rong mmly of the sports movement..
:enzel, ..'actcl - Chief of the State L>,F)ortc Co unittee of :',axonyu
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