1938–39 Gauliga Bayern now the DFB-Pokal, was won by Gauliga Bayern club 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating Waldhof Mannheim 2–0 in the final. The 1938–39 season saw two new clubs in the league, BSG WKG Neumeyer Nürnberg and ASV Nürnberg. 1938–39 Gauliga Bayern The 1938–39 Gauliga Bayern was the sixth season of the league, one of the 18 Gauligas in Germany at the time. It was the first tier of the football league system in Bavaria (German:"Bayern") from 1933 to 1945. For 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 it was the first of two Gauliga championships the club would win in the era from 1933 to
Germany–Kurdistan Region relations the Kurds of Iraq established a mission in Berlin, establishing direct contacts with the German government. Furthermore, the mission had to coordinate humanitarian and development aid from Germany to the Kurdish region, and informed the German public and media about the general situation in Kurdistan. To combat Islamic State's advance into Northern parts of Iraq, the German government decided to aid the Kurdish soldiers (Peshmerga) militarily. Steinmeier stated that: "We cannot on the one hand praise the Kurdish security forces, pat them on the back for fighting ISIS on behalf of all of us, then when they ask for help