Football: GDR fans in the sights of the Stasi – Sport Inside – WDR 5 – Podcasts and Audios – Mediathek

Sport Inside – Your Deep Dive in Sport.
09/30/2025.
31:43 Min..
Available until 25.09.2045.
WDR 5.

Despite the wall: A lively fan culture developed at around the same time in shared Germany. But the state security of the GDR was suspect. Pennant, scarves, cowls or the roar of fishing channels – all of this was considered a negative decadent in the GDR. And so the Stasi pursued the fans at every turn, took photos, sometimes imposed draconian punishments when, for example, a west club was paid homage to a western club. The Stasi also troubled the violent excesses of right hooligans in the 1980s. Ronny Blaschke tells of a chapter of German football history that has so far been less illuminated.

Do you have any questions, suggestions or themed requests? Then write to us: [email protected] Author: Ronny Blaschke Moderation and dramaturgy: Nora Hespers Editor: Uli Loke Producer: Tim Schneider Cutting: Stephan Weidenbrück We go to our podcast tip “Ball You Need is love – for love for football:” Inside: In the lens of the state power, website for the hiking exhibition https://im-bjticht-der-staatmacht.de/vom-zuschauer-zum-eberwachung-der-stamen- und… with kind support from the Federal Archives: “The Wall has to go” chants: Barch MfS. Zaig VI 627 Fanatmo Dynamo Dresden Barch Mfs. Zaig VI 409 You can also find even more of Sport Inside in the background area of ​​the Sportschau: http://www.wdr.de/k/intergrund and on the website of Sport Inside: http://www.wdr.de/k/sport-inside

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