Overview
- Summary
- "This book reveals the surprising role soccer played during World War II. It uncovers many survivor testimonies and old accounts of wartime players, revealing hidden stories of soccer in almost every Nazi concentration camp. To these prisoners, soccer was a glimmer of joy amid hunger and torture, and a show of resistance against the Nazi regime"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
- Locale
- Europe
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Contents
-
Match of Death
Beautiful Game in the KZ
Genius on the Danube
Football in the Nazi Killing Fields of Poland
Curious Story of Dutch Soccer during Nazi Occupation
Ghetto Soccer in Liga Terezín
After the Catastrophe - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Match of Death -- Beautiful Game in the KZ -- Genius on the Danube -- Football in the Nazi Killing Fields of Poland -- Curious Story of Dutch Soccer during Nazi Occupation -- Ghetto Soccer in Liga Terezín -- After the Catastrophe
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781538138694
1538138697 - Physical Description
- xxix, 237 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Soccer--Europe--History--20th century. Soccer and war--Europe--History--20th century. Soccer--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Occupied territories. National socialism and soccer. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jewish soccer players--History--20th century. Soccer players--History--20th century. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Territoires occupés. Holocauste, 1939-1945. Jewish soccer players. Military occupation. Soccer. Soccer and war. Soccer players. Europe. History.
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