Lecture at the annual conference of the Akademischer Turnbund

In the run-up to their annual meeting this year, the Academic Gymnastics Association, which has the status of a state gymnastics association within the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB), had to make the bitter experience when a supposed right-wing grouping took part in their…

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“The Cold Rings – All-German to Tokyo 1964” – Film presentation with panel discussion

The Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 were the last time an all-German team took part. This is the subject of the film "Die kalten Ringe" (The Cold Rings), which the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gesellschaft e.V. produced under the auspices…

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Celebration of the revival of gymnastics after the end of the Second World War

On this occasion, the Gymnastics Association of North Hesse held a small celebration at the Jahn monument on the Schenkelsberg in Kassel-Oberzwehren. In his speech, the president of the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Society, Dr. Josef Ulfkotte, explained the historical…

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Jahnturnfest - laying of a wreath at Jahn's grave of honor

Corona caused the Landesturnverband Sachsen-Anhalt to cancel this year's Jahn Gymnastics Festival in Freyburg (Unstrut). The wreath-laying ceremony at Jahn's grave of honour was to be cancelled by the state gymnastics association, the Jahn Society, the Burgenland district and the town of Freyburg;

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On the role of the gymnasts, singers and marksmen in the era of the foundation of the empire and in the imperial period

January 18, 2021 marked the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the German Empire. Therefore, the AG Orte der Demokratiegeschichte organized a nationwide series of events and provided resources that…

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