Vanguard News Network
VNN Media
VNN Digital Library
VNN Reader Mail
VNN Broadcasts

Old January 24th, 2020 #1
alex revision
Senior Member
 
alex revision's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 27,577
Default Eintracht Frankfurt to strip former Nazi of honorary presidency

Eintracht Frankfurt to strip former Nazi of honorary presidency

January 25, 2020

Eintracht Frankfurt are on Sunday set to posthumously revoke an honorary title given to a former president of the Bundesliga club, because of his Nazi past.

At the club’s annual general meeting, Eintracht president Peter Fischer intends to withdraw the title of honorary president awarded to Rudolf Gramlich, who served in the Waffen-SS during World War II.

Gramlich, who died in 1988, was twice head of Eintracht, from 1938-42 and 1955-70, despite having been an SS officer from 1939-40 under Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime.

Gramlich captained Germany in 10 internationals during the 1930s and skippered the national team when Berlin hosted the 1936 Olympic Games.

He was later made honorary president of Eintracht and in 1975 became an honorary member of the German Football Association (DFB).

https://www.macaubusiness.com/eintra...ry-presidency/
 
Reply

Share


Thread
Display Modes


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:22 PM.
Page generated in 0.60113 seconds.