Soccer under the Swastika: Defiance and Survival in the Nazi Camps and Ghettos - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13:9781538138694ISBN-10:1538138697UPC:9781538138694Book Category:History, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Modern, Wars & Conflicts, HistoryBook Topic:20th Century, World War IISize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC1S78DXXS
Soccer under the Swastika: Defiance and Survival in the Nazi Camps and Ghettos
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13:9781538138694ISBN-10:1538138697UPC:9781538138694Book Category:History, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Modern, Wars & Conflicts, HistoryBook Topic:20th Century, World War IISize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC1S78DXXS
Kevin E. Simpson is professor of psychology at John Brown University. He has published widely in sport psychology, comparative genocide, and in the teaching of the psychology of the Holocaust, among other topics. Simpson was a Fulbright Fellow to the Slovak Republic and has received fellowships and grants from such institutions as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Holocaust...
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