under hans von tschammer und osten as reichssportsführer, appointed by the nazis, formerly independent sports organisations became departments of a new organisation which replaced the dra — deutscher reichsbund für leibesübungen (drl, later nsrl or nationalsozialistischer reichsbund für leibesübungen). as in most of german society at the time, sports associations and football teams took part in the purge of jews from their organisations as ordered by the regime. a few clubs, such as alemannia aachen and bayern munich, moved to support or protect their members in the face of these actions.