What will become of St. Pauli’s anthem?

The song “The Heart of St. Pauli” was sung by Hans Albers in the film of the same name published in 1957. Employees of the FC St. Pauli Museum, who had previously dealt with the biography of Hans Albers in detail, did this with Ollig and the composer Michael Jary.

Ollig’s reports appeared “in various Nazi propaganda media, including the Hamburg Foreign Affairs”, said in a club announcement: “In 1944, Ollig was praised by his superiors in the Wehrmacht High Command for his work and received further high military awards. In the last weeks of the war he was now promoted to lieutenant and stationed on the western front. There he personally flew the last Stuka attacks. “

“Differentiated discussion” within the association

FC St. Pauli wants to take a critical look at its past and, accordingly, also want to examine and discuss the history of the creation of the song “The Heart of St. Pauli”. “We are experiencing a predominantly differentiated discussion about dealing with the song based on well -founded research. We notice how important many fans the song is, but also how responsibly they deal with the situation, ”the club was quoted in the“ Hamburger Abendblatt ”.

Before the home games, the song is played in the rocky version of the band “Phantastix & Elf”. After the end, the fans continue the chants without the well -rehearsed music. Dealing with one’s own history has caused consequences at FC St. Pauli in the past. The Wilhelm-Koch Stadium named after the former club president was renamed Millerntor Stadium in 1998. Previously, it became known that Wilhelm Koch was a member of the NSDAP.