THE ARCHIVE [Das Archiv] Vol. 50, May 1938, Pages 156-157 Lutze on the SA sport badge
8 May 1938
The training of military spirit of the German person must already begin in the home, in the school, and in the Young Volk. There already the military will must be awakened and required. In the Hitler Youth, in the SA, and in the other units of the movement, the military capability must first of all be prepared and - tested. The young man must learn the military dexterity during his service in the German Wehrmacht while the preservation of military proficiency again .must be the concern of the SA. Military sport, as we understand it, is a term which does not allow any restrictions in its totality. The requirements placed on the youth, on. the young man, and on the man until old age read: Ideological performance in spirit and in aggressive training of the body. The SA sport badge shall be the symbol for both of these performances along with the oak wreath, the swastika, and the sword.
Extract from a speech or message on the SA sport badge as the symbol of ideological and physical training to build a "military spirit"
Authors
Viktor Lutze (chief of staff of Storm Troops (SA) (1934-))
Viktor Lutze
SA Stabschef (1890-1943)
- Born: 1890-12-28 (Bevergern)
- Died: 1943-05-02 (Potsdam)
- Country of citizenship: Nazi Germany
- Occupation: military officer; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1926-03-22)
- Member of: Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund; Sturmabteilung
- Military rank: captain
- Military branch: Imperial German Army; Sturmabteilung
Date: 08 May 1938
Literal Title: Excerpt from "Das Archiv" . . . Lutze on the SA sport badge
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-3213
HLSL Item No.: 451367
Notes:This document was not entered as evidence on the SA.