“In 1933, two brothers from the south of Germany called Lang came into the clubhouse and propagated Rugby, a game not played in our club until then.”
(Chronicle to St. Pauli’s 50th anniversary)
Did FC St. Pauli provide a safe haven in the storm of national socialism?
The fate of the Lang brothers shows that this was not the case. The two brothers from a Jewish family, founders of the Rugby department at FC St. Pauli – whose teams won numerous championships and is today the oldest, non-football playing department of the club – survived the “Third Reich”.
The club, to our knowledge, however, did not do anything to save them.