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Germany is in emergency mode due to the #coronavirus outbreak.
Many fan & ultra groups across the country are using their organizational skills and personnel to support society’s weakest during this difficult time.
When solidarity and fan culture meet, a rolling thread.
Many fan & ultra groups across the country are using their organizational skills and personnel to support society’s weakest during this difficult time.
When solidarity and fan culture meet, a rolling thread.
Borussia Dortmund’s ultra groups The Unity, Desperados and Jubos offer their help to people in risk groups in the Dortmund area. https://twitter.com/fanprojektdo/status/1239590993239949314
VfB Stuttgart ultra group Commando Cannstatt are raising funds for an Italian hospital, and have called for VfB fans to donate blood and support local charities in aid of those affected by the virus. https://twitter.com/cc97ultras/status/1239478233579618304
Holstein Kiel’s Block 501 have published a phone number for coordinating help to anyone needing it in the northern city.
SV Babelsberg group Underdogs have published their email address for people needing help in the city of Potsdam and the region.
Ultras Gelsenkirchen, of #S04 
, are joining forces with their club to coordinate the efforts of helping those in the city requiring assistance.
, are joining forces with their club to coordinate the efforts of helping those in the city requiring assistance.
VfB Stuttgart ultra group Schwabensturm have made themselves available for people of risk groups in the Stuttgart areas. https://twitter.com/Prof_Buehler/status/1239260330108297217
F95.Antirazzista, of Fortuna Düsseldorf, offer their help with shopping and other tasks in the Düsseldorf area. https://twitter.com/Medienfreundin/status/1240236769771126790
Hannover 96’s ultra groups have made themselves available to everyone needing help in the region, in cooperation with their club. https://twitter.com/Buje78/status/1239872799214313472
VfL Wolfsburg ultra group Weekend Brothers have made themselves available to anyone needing help in the city.
Hansa Rostock ultra group Suptras have called for the club’s fans to urgently donate blood as many hospitals in the region are already experiencing shortages due to the situation.
“We will act in more ways to give our share in the near future,” they say.
“We will act in more ways to give our share in the near future,” they say.
FC Augsburg’s ultra groups offer support and help to everyone requiring assistance in the city.
The legal aid collective for Chemie Leipzig fans has called for those requiring help in the Leipzig region to get in contact with them. https://twitter.com/RHK_Chemie/status/1240628072556224519
FC Ingolstadt groups Supporters Ingolstadt & Black Red company have published their phone numbers and email to anyone needing assistance in the city. https://twitter.com/Schanzer/status/1240228108386656258
SpVgg Fürth groups Horidos, Stradevia, Sportfreunde Ronhof and the local Fanprojekt have joined forces with other local organizations in coordinating aid efforts in their city.
Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Nordkurve will organize help for those needing it in the area.
Ultras Leverkusen have set up a phone number for people in risk groups needing help with shopping.
Ultras Nürnberg have offered their help for people affected by quarantines or by being members of risk groups, in cooperation with their club. https://twitter.com/1_fc_nuernberg/status/1240193724719812610
Anti-discrimination VfB Oldenburg fan initiative VfB für alle have set up a special email address for people in the city needing assistance.
Bayern Munich’s ultra groups and the umbrella organization of active Bayern Munich fan groups have called for blood donations, as well as for support for local food banks. https://twitter.com/clubnr12/status/1240534970889834496
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Show solidarity, keep safe, and may we all go through this in one piece so that we'll be able to return to drinking and insulting each other at football grounds across Germany.
Source: @FasziFankurve. Photo, first tweet: @cc97ultras.
Show solidarity, keep safe, and may we all go through this in one piece so that we'll be able to return to drinking and insulting each other at football grounds across Germany.
Source: @FasziFankurve. Photo, first tweet: @cc97ultras.
Early addition courtesy of @vunallemebbes:
1. FC Kaiserslautern fans are helping those in need in their local community through #FCK fan blog @derbetzebrennt.
https://twitter.com/derbetzebrennt/status/1239558273134665729
1. FC Kaiserslautern fans are helping those in need in their local community through #FCK fan blog @derbetzebrennt.
https://twitter.com/derbetzebrennt/status/1239558273134665729
And they keep on coming:
VFC Plauen fans offer help to their region’s weakest.
https://twitter.com/stadtbadbruehe/status/1240342434741182464?s=21 https://twitter.com/stadtbadbruehe/status/1240342434741182464
VFC Plauen fans offer help to their region’s weakest.
https://twitter.com/stadtbadbruehe/status/1240342434741182464?s=21 https://twitter.com/stadtbadbruehe/status/1240342434741182464
Eintracht Braunschweig’s fan and ultra groups coordinate the aid efforts in their region: https://www.fanrat-braunschweig.de/
Ultras Frankfurt, of #SGE, are raising donations to local food banks. https://twitter.com/Eintracht/status/1241083058893307911
Dynamo Dresden’s Ultras Dynamo are offering their help to those in risk groups, as well as calling for #sgd1953 to urgently go and donate blood. https://twitter.com/K_BLOCK_DYNAMO/status/1241273841550266368
SSV Reutlingen (Oberliga, fifth tier) ultra group Szene E offer help with shopping to those needing it in their city and region.
https://twitter.com/cc97ultras/status/1242385122034429953?s=21 https://twitter.com/cc97ultras/status/1242385122034429953
https://twitter.com/cc97ultras/status/1242385122034429953?s=21 https://twitter.com/cc97ultras/status/1242385122034429953
Werder Bremen ultra group L’Intesta Verde donate €500 to save a local music venue from going bust due to #coronavirus.
“Bremen sticks together!”
(Via @Andrejnalin77 and @EisenBremen) https://twitter.com/Andrejnalin77/status/1242434736284405760
“Bremen sticks together!”
(Via @Andrejnalin77 and @EisenBremen) https://twitter.com/Andrejnalin77/status/1242434736284405760
Correction: The donation by Werder Bremen ultra group L’Intesta Verde was made to a collective of cultural institutions in Bremen, and not just to one music venue.
“Avoid Corona: Yes.
Avoid the homeless: NO!”
Fortuna Düsseldorf’s Ultras Düsseldorf 2000 have bought 100 copies of fiftyfifty, a magazine sold by and for homeless people in the city.
UD2000 also call for #F95 fans to donate money, tents and sleeping bags.
Via @Onnetar
Avoid the homeless: NO!”
Fortuna Düsseldorf’s Ultras Düsseldorf 2000 have bought 100 copies of fiftyfifty, a magazine sold by and for homeless people in the city.
UD2000 also call for #F95 fans to donate money, tents and sleeping bags.
Via @Onnetar
Mainz 05 ultra group Chaos Boys Mainz offer their help with shopping and other deliveries to those needing it in their region.
(Via @Wortpiratin)
(Via @Wortpiratin)
Some of the local food banks in Wolfsburg have stopped operations due to the situation.
So VfL Wolfsburg ultra group Weekend Brothers decided to start their own food bank, with designated hours for pregnant women, the elderly and people with disabilities.
(Via @hardy170399)
So VfL Wolfsburg ultra group Weekend Brothers decided to start their own food bank, with designated hours for pregnant women, the elderly and people with disabilities.
(Via @hardy170399)
1. FC Köln ultra group Domstadt Syndikat offer their help with shopping to people in risk groups in the Cologne quarter of Worringen and its surrounding areas. https://twitter.com/KoelnerFP/status/1243508917109501953
Carl Zeiss Jena’s Südkurve, led by ultra group Horda Azzuro, are raising money for buying products for the city’s food banks.
They’ve also called for fans to urgently donate blood.
They’ve also called for fans to urgently donate blood.
Eintracht Frankfurt's Ultras Frankfurt 97 start their own website with the list of aid efforts in the Frankfurt region, including an ad board with the list of institutions needing help.
"Eintracht Frankfurt means fighting and winning!" #SGE #UF97 https://hilfe.uf97.de
"Eintracht Frankfurt means fighting and winning!" #SGE #UF97 https://hilfe.uf97.de
1. FC Köln ultra group Wilde Horde 96 offer help to anyone needing it in the Cologne area.
#WH96 also use their information flyer to raise awareness to a host of issues caused by #coronavirus, such as human rights abuses, civil rights taking a hit and others. #Effzeh
#WH96 also use their information flyer to raise awareness to a host of issues caused by #coronavirus, such as human rights abuses, civil rights taking a hit and others. #Effzeh
In addition to raising money for an Italian hospital, coordinating the aid efforts and offering physical help, #VfB Stuttgart ultra group Commando Cannstatt now sell merchandise, with proceedings going to a magazine sold by homeless people.
Incredible.
https://twitter.com/cc97ultras/status/1245406229884739586?s=21 https://twitter.com/cc97ultras/status/1245406229884739586
Incredible.
https://twitter.com/cc97ultras/status/1245406229884739586?s=21 https://twitter.com/cc97ultras/status/1245406229884739586
In many cities in Germany, locals have started so-called "donation fences," hanging basic products wrapped by a bag for those needing in.
Union Berlin's ultra groups have joined forced with their club to operate the Berlin-Köpenick donation fence. https://twitter.com/fcunion_en/status/1245024832959459329
Union Berlin's ultra groups have joined forced with their club to operate the Berlin-Köpenick donation fence. https://twitter.com/fcunion_en/status/1245024832959459329
