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Soccer under the Swastika - Stories of Survival and Resistance during the Holocaust (Hardcover)
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Soccer under the Swastika - Stories of Survival and Resistance during the Holocaust (Hardcover)
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In the heart of the twentieth century, the game of soccer was
becoming firmly established as the sport of the masses across
Europe, even as war was engulfing the continent. Intimately woven
into the war was the genocide perpetrated by Nazi Germany and its
collaborators, genocide on a scale never seen before. For those
victims ensnared by the Nazi regime, soccer became a means of
survival and a source of inspiration even when surrounded by
profound suffering and death. In Soccer under the Swastika: Stories
of Survival and Resistance during the Holocaust, Kevin E. Simpson
reveals the surprisingly powerful role soccer played during World
War II. From the earliest days of the Nazi dictatorship, as
concentration camps were built to hold so-called enemies, captives
competed behind the walls and fences of the Nazi terror state.
Simpson uncovers this little-known piece of history, rescuing from
obscurity many poignant survivor testimonies, old accounts of
wartime players, and the diaries of survivors and perpetrators. In
victim accounts and rare photographs-many published for the first
time in this book-hidden stories of soccer in almost every Nazi
concentration camp appear. To these prisoners, soccer was a glimmer
of joy amid unrelenting hunger and torture, a show of resistance
against the most heinous regime the world had ever seen. With the
increasing loss of firsthand memories of these events, Soccer under
the Swastika reminds us of the importance in telling these
compelling stories. And as modern day soccer struggles to combat
racism in the terraces around the world, the endurance of the human
spirit embodied through these personal accounts offers insight and
inspiration for those committed to breaking down prejudices in the
sport today. Thoughtfully written and meticulously researched, this
book will fascinate and enlighten readers of all generations.
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