Bayern Munich fans will soon unveil a statue of Kurt Landauer in memory of the chairman who rebuilt the club after the Holocaust
Follow @cnnsport Some 86 years after he was forced out of office by the Nazi regime, Kurt Landauer's statue will take pride of place at Säbener Strasse, Bayern's state-of-the-art training facility on the land acquired for the club by the man himself in the aftermath of World War II.Sculpted by artist Karel Fron, the statue was the brainchild of the Kurt Landauer Foundation, which was established to protect his memory and as a vehicle for social change.
A new wave of anti-Semitism plagues Germany 05:30That chairman was Landauer. Born into a Jewish family in 1884, Landauer began his time at Bayern by playing for the club's youth team.His career was cut short when he moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, to train as a banker before returning to Munich where he was elected as the club's president in 1913.But his tenure was soon interrupted after he was called up to serve in the German army in World War One.
Ajax's 'Super Jews' keep on singing 04:18Since then, numerous articles and documentaries on Landaeur's life have become part of the club's folklore with fans adopting his legacy and publicly celebrating the club's Jewish background."I think that Landaeur's story inspires because of the message it sends," Raabe says."He came back to the place where his family had been killed by the Nazis because he loved the club so much and fans are moved by that.
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