Arno Breitmeyer
Arno Breitmeyer (19 April 1903, in Berlin – 20 April 1944) was a German sport official. He began his sports career as a successful competition rower. In 1933 he became editor of the sports section of the Völkischer Beobachter, the Nazi Party's official newspaper.[1]
Biography
Arno Breitmeyer joined the
Arno Breitmeyer was commissioned by von Tschammer to write an extensive illustrated report on the organized sports activities in the Third Reich. Breitmeyer was assisted by
At von Tschammer's death in 1943 Arno Breitmeyer became the leader (Reichssportführer).
There is some controversy regarding Arno Breitmeyer's attitude towards the Nazi regime. Some sources claim that he belonged to the
Breitmeyer was an Oberregierungsrat candidate to be a member of the
Breitmeyer was succeeded as Reichssportführer by Karl Ritter von Halt.
Works
- Arno Breitmeyer & P. G. Hoffmann, Sport und Staat. Im Auftrage des Reichssportführers, Selbstverlag des Hilfsfonds für den Deutschen Sport, 1934. (2 vols).[6]
References & External links
- ^ "Early career". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
- ^ "'Sport und Staat". Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
- ^ Sport, Politics and Appeasement in the 1930s (de)
- ^ Anti-Semitism at the 1936 Olympics (de)
- ^ "Attitude towards the regime". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
- ^ Sport und Staat
- German Jewish Sport 1898–1938 and the Anti-Semitic Discourse Archived 31 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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