struction,expandedbydailygymnasticatschool(Diem’sceterumcenseofrom
thedebateinGermany.)Forthistask,theMinistryofDefenseshouldestablish
aspecialdepartmentandcooperatewiththeMinistryofEducation.Following
theGermanZeitgeist,Diemsuggestedcreatingthepositionofasportsleader
(Sportführer),whowouldcooperatenationaleffortsinallsports-relatedmat-
ters.²¹⁸AlthoughDiemhadlosthisinfluentialpositioninGermanyduetothede-
velopmentsinthesummerof1 93 3,hisadherencetoGleichschaltung²¹⁹andNa-
tionalSocialistprinciples,includingthe“leaderprinciple”(Führer-Prinzip)²²⁰
andthenation’sreadinessformilitaryservice(WehrfähigkeitderNation)²²¹be-
cameapparent.YetDieminhisreportalsoincludedtheopinionoflocalexperts,
Figure7:CarlDiem(right)withhiswifeLieselott,visitingtheformergeneralandgovernorof
İzmirKâzım[Dirik]Paşa(inlightsuit), 1933
ChancellorAdolfHitlerbyCarlDiemin 1934 seeBA-LR43-II/ 1499 ,1 76 – 22 8;Forthereprint(in
reverseorder,i.e.thelawproposalafterthereport)inCarlDiem:OlympischeFlamme,vol3,
194 2, 1157 – 1176.
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SeetheschematicorganizationchartwithpresidentMustafaKemalatthetopinBCAF4 90
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