European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

The older ones, who took part in the First World War, had to report at our youth centre evenings:

“What was it like in Verdun, or somewhere else?” -

Your Experiences! And that strengthened many youngsters in their fight against the fascist danger that appeared over the years.

The SA tried to ban the film and did manage.

That is something that accompanied me further on in my life;

against war and against fascism, too.

Workers sport group "Fichte"

1922 I joined the labour sports club ‘Fichte’.

And all the following years – we practiced gymnastics twice a week –

influenced us there.

My sister was in ‘Fichte’, and that was the reason why I joined them, too.

I was the only one in my class.

There were mainly reactionary teachers there.

They did not have anything in mind with ‘Fichte’.

Here in ‘Fichte’ I felt comfortable. It was nice for a child to be and to do sports with others.

On Sundays we sometimes went on excursions into the proximity of Berlin.

You just felt secure there in the circle of peers under the supervision of older people,

who pointed out a lot of things when we were walking

and that was something that impressed us especially.

The labourer sports movement had already been founded in the previous century