Format:
1 online resource (373 pages)
ISBN:
9781442261631
Content:
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.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Soccer under the Swastika -- 2 War Minus the Shooting -- 3 The Match of Death -- 4 The Beautiful Game in the KZ -- 5 Genius on the Danube -- 6 Football in the Polish Killing Fields -- 7 The Curious Story of Dutch Soccer during Nazi Occupation -- 8 Ghetto Soccer in Liga Terezín -- 9 After the Catastrophe -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442261624
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781442261624
Language:
English
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