von tschammer was an active and able promoter of sports in nazi germany. he instituted the present-day german football-federation cup. he also commissioned the publication of "sport und staat" (sports and state), a massive four-volume nazi propaganda report on the organized sports activities in the third reich. "sport und staat" was made by arno breitmeyer and hitler's personal photographer heinrich hoffmann. this lavishly illustrated work had many pictures and information about the various nazi organizations, i.e. sa, nskk, bund deutscher mädel, hitler jugend, etc. printed in 1934 by the publishing house of the german sports aid funds, a branch of the drl, only volume one and two of a planned series of four volumes were published.