The “Remembrance Day” in German football is also visible on the pitch – it was called the colorful Bundesliga in the past few days.
Frankfurt / Main (AP) – VfB Stuttgart with a chest ring on their jersey in rainbow colors, colorful captain’s armbands and corner flags – German football set an example for diversity and against oblivion at the weekend.
In Munich, the Allianz Arena shone in six colors.
Also this year the German Football Association (DFB) used the international Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 on the occasion of the liberation of the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz in 1945. Since 2004 there has been the “Remembrance Day in German Football” under the motto “Never again ! ».
FC Bayern reported on its website about its former president Angelo Knorr, who was arrested for his homosexuality, fell ill with depression and died in 1932 at the age of 50, “physically and mentally shattered”.
«In our world, homophobia, hatred and exclusion of any kind should not play a role. We are all challenged to live this attitude: on the soccer field, on the bend and in our everyday life, ”said CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. “We know that our fans share this worldview – that makes us proud.”
Racist incidents occur again and again in football, although associations and clubs have been campaigning for diversity and tolerance for years. “Human dignity also includes gender and sexual self-determination,” said Thomas Hitzlsperger, CEO of VfB Stuttgart. His team wore rainbow colors on the white jerseys in their 2-0 win against FSV Mainz 05 on Friday evening, instead of the usual red chest ring, which was also drawn over the club’s crest.
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