Hanns Leske

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Hanns Leske (born 1950 in Berlin) is a German sports historian, [1] political scientist [2] and former Berlin local politician. [3]

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Life

Hanns Leske served from 1979 to 1999 within the Social Democratic Party of Germany as a member of the district council of Schöneberg [2] [4] and was group managing director and building policy spokesman. After leaving the party in 1999, Leske briefly appeared as Charité press spokesman between 2004 and 2005, but subsequently devoted himself exclusively to various publications on East German football (de).

Leske achieved national fame with works such as Erich Mielke, the Stasi and the round leather. [5] In his writings, Leske addresses the network of relationships between SED and the Stasi on the one hand, the football clubs (FC) and the enterprise sports communities (German : Betriebssportgemeinschaften) (BSG) on the other. [6] In addition to the historical presentation, his works contain extensive statistics on the East Germany national football team and the division of the DDR-Oberliga, DDR-Liga and II. DDR-Liga.

Hanns Leske played in his youth for football club SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ McDougall, Alan (18 July 2014). The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany (PDF).
  2. 1 2 "Hanns Leske: Erich Mielke, die Stasi und das runde Leder. Der Einfluss des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit auf den Fußballsport in der DDR" [Hanns Leske: Erich Mielke, the Stasi and the round leather. The influence of the Ministry for State Security on football in the GDR.]. Deutschlandfunk . 14 June 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Berlin areas fight to hail film legend". Deseret News . 19 July 1997. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Hesselmann, Markus (15 March 2005). "Unselige Leidenschaft: Eine Studie über Mielke und den DDR-Fußball" [Unfortunate Passion: A study of Mielke and East German football]. Der Tagesspiegel . Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Adams, Jefferson (30 November 2012). "Awaiting History's Judgment: The GDR's Erich Mielke". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 26 (1): 64–83. doi:10.1080/08850607.2013.732438. S2CID   154148773 . Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  6. ↑ Crossland, David (8 November 2020). "Dynamo Berlin: The soccer club 'owned' by the Stasi". CNN . Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  7. ↑ Schulz, Jürgen (18 April 2011). "Die Maßeinheit für Misserfolg im Fußball" [The measure of failure in football]. Die Tageszeitung (in German). Berlin: taz Verlags u. Vertriebs GmbH. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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