[1] The newly formed team took part in local level play with occasional advances to Germany's regional Südost league through the 20s and on into the early 30s.

Following the reorganization of German football under the Third Reich in 1933, they became part of the Gauliga Schlesien, one of sixteen top flight regional divisions.

That earned the club appearances in the national playoff rounds where they were each time put out in the early going with the exception of an advance to the semi-finals in 1936 where they dropped a 1:3 decision to Fortuna Düsseldorf.

VR also took part in qualification round play for the Tschammerpokal, predecessor to today's DFB Pokal (German Cup) in each year from 1935 to 1941 with the exception of 1937.

Part way through the 1944–45 season the Gauliga Oberschlesien collapsed as Soviet forces advanced into the area in as World War II was being fought to its conclusion.