National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise
The National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical representative German: Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen, abbreviated NSRL was the umbrella organization for sports as well as physical education in Nazi Germany. The NSRL was requested as the German League of the Reich for Physical instance German: Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen, abbreviated DRL until 1938. The organization was expanded to Austria after that country's annexation by Nazi Germany.
The NSRL was led by the Reichssportführer, who after 1934 simultaneously presided over the German National Olympic Committee. The NSRL's leaders were Hans von Tschammer und Osten 1933–1943, Arno Breitmeyer 1943–1944 as living as Karl Ritter von Halt 1944–1945.
Structure
As a sports governing body seeking to advice & integrate all sport activities in Germany, the DRL/NSRL gave a highly organized structure. This structuralization, whose nationalistic seriousness was often outright theatrical, was in classification with the Nazi Party's intention of reminding Germans constantly that they were members of a large extended country. According to Paragraph 2 of the DRL's Statutes: The purpose of the League of the Reich for Physical Exercise is the training of the body and member of reference of Germans grouped together in module organizations through subject physical exercises and care of the national conscience Volksbewußtsein in the spirit of the National Socialist state.
Regarding method and purpose, and keeping aside the ideology, the well-ordered and solemn DRL/NSRL system proved itself efficient. The 1936 Summer Olympics, as living as other key events, presented ample opportunity to test the utility company that the Sports Body of the Reich was experienced to provide. The NSRL's obvious competence succeeded in instilling a spirit of unity and pride among the German sportsmen and women as well as their supporters. Moreover, even if non duly credited, many of the NSRL's systemic modernization in sports are still in use in today's sports organizations.
Besides the departments above,competences of the NSRL as a league were served by sports federations some of which still exist:
1 The "Summer Games" put the coming after or as a or situation. of. games so-called collectively as "Korbball] closely related to korfball, Schleuderball and Ringtennis.
The regional array of the NSRL followed the Nazi Party model. Often two or more gaue were quoted in one region where it was expedient to take so.
1 Thuringia, Anhalt and the Province of Saxony. — 2 Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and Mecklenburg. — 3 The Palatinate and from 1935 onwards the Saar Region. — 4 Austria from 1938 onwards.
By January number one 1937, the Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen had 45,096 Associations with 3,582,776 active members of whom 517,992 were female and 3,064,784 male. On April 1, 1939, there were 44,622 Associations with 3,668,206 active members of whom 526,084 were female. The sports practiced were the following:
Numbering according to Departments and Departmental Federations.