"Bau des Ernst-Thälmann-Stadions". brandenburg.museum-digital.de (in German). Potsdam: Potsdam Museum – Forum für Kunst und Geschichte (Landeshauptstadt Potsdam). 30 September 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
The 40 best players of the Volkspolizei teams were brought together for a training session in Forst in July 1950, in order to put together the team of SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden. Coaches Fritz Sack and Paul Döring picked 17 players from 11 different cities to form the team.[3][2]