SPORTPLATZ

(German) of an athletic or sports field. —SHSBC Binder 3 Approved Glossary

a German word meaning sports field or playing field. This word is used in the phrase Sportplatz groups in reference to the youth organizations set up by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), in Nazi Germany, and which all children were required to join from the age of ten. These organizations were designed to condition the children to military discipline. They had to wear uniforms, march and exercise, and were taught Nazi beliefs.(German) of an athletic or sports field.