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This is misleading. The German team was in France - and they were not protesting the

Posted: May 25th, 2018 - 1:43 pm In Reply to: On the same subject, I read this today - sm

Nazi regime.

In fact, FC Karlsruhe was one of the teams who readily adhered to Nazi policies (such as expelling Jewish players) in the 1930s.

The Karlsruhe Football Club was scheduled to play in Metz, France on Christmas day in 1933. The French players reportedly threatened not to play the match if the Germans used the Nazi salute. The Karlsruhe players were also also reportedly worried that the salute could cause fans to riot, and decided to forego the Nazi salute in order to play the match; when word reached Berlin, the team was banned from playing outside of Germany for a year.



LINK/URL: This is misleading. The German team was in France

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