That promotion was helped by politics. Herbert Warnke, chairman of the Free German Trade Union Federation, demanded a civilian football club for Berlin’s workers. He got his wish. On 20 January 1966, 1. FC Union Berlin was newly founded.
That promotion was helped by politics. Herbert Warnke, chairman of the Free German Trade Union Federation, demanded a civilian football club for Berlin’s workers. He got his wish. On 20 January 1966, 1. FC Union Berlin was newly founded.