Overview

• Sport historian Erik Eggers concludes the post-1967 foundation does not continue the structure or work of the Nazi-era organization that bore the same name.
• The study describes the NS institution’s central role in financing and organizing regime sport under Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten.
• Funds raised via the obligatory Sportgroschen levy were frequently diverted from stated purposes to political uses, personal enrichment, and building the Nazi sports system.
• The report highlights close connections to the Sportklinik Hohenlychen led by SS doctor Karl Gebhardt, who was executed in 1947 for crimes against humanity.
• Sporthilfe released the findings on Tuesday and calls the review a step in transparency and responsibility, as public scrutiny of the shared name intensifies.