Between 1934 and 1938, this site was the location of the sports facility  of the Jewish sports group „Schild“. These grounds were one of the last safe havens for Jewish athletes in Hamburg during the time of National Socialism. 

Following the NSDAP’s rise to power in January 1933, sports clubs in Germany began to exclude their Jewish members. 

The sports group „Schild“ was established in June 1933 under the umbrella of the „Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten“ (Reich Federation of Jewish Front Soldiers). When they inaugurated their sports facility here in July 1934, located on the current training grounds of FC St. Pauli, they already had more than 700 members – adults as well as youths. The facilities were built through voluntary labour, donations, and with the support of the Jewish community. Covering an area of 20,000 square metres, two fields were developed for hockey, handball, football, and athletics. 

From October 1936, the Makkabi club „Blau-Weiß“ also trained and played on their own field at Kollaustraße. The football teams of „Schild“ and „Blau-Weiß“ were amongst the most successful Jewish teams in the German Reich between 1933 and 1938. The Jewish sports movement ended abruptly with the November Pogroms of 1938. Jewish athletes were forbidden from publicly participating in sports. Jewish clubs were forcibly dissolved, and their assets confiscated. 

We commemorate the Jewish athletes from Hamburg who were persecuted, disenfranchised, expelled, deported, and murdered between 1933 and 1945. 

Never forgive. Never forget.

This commemorative plaque was created on the initiative of the FC St. Pauli Museum in cooperation with FC St. Pauli.