| Abstract [eng] |
At the end of the conflict with Lithuanian authorities in 1938 the German leading sport organization ,,Sport-bund" proclaimed its isolation from Lithuanian authorities. In general German sport clubs in Klaipeda region since 1930s ignored Lithuanian sport clubs, refused to play and compete with Jewish sport clubs and demonstrated chauvinism. In Lithuania there were about 30 thousand Germans, they had only two sport clubs: ,,K.S.K. Kultus" in Kaunas and ,,Sportverein" in Kybartai. Both were loyal to Lithuanian authorities and participated in Lithuanian competitions. These clubs were quite in a long distance from Klaipeda region, they had a small number of members and received neither political nor financial support from Germany. |
