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Soccer under the Swastika : stories of survival and resistance during the Holocaust /
As millions were caught up in the conflict of World War II, soccer emerged as both a response to domination and a means of manipulation by those in power. Soccer under the Swastika reveals this little-known part of history, rescuing from obscurity many poignant survivor testimonies, old accounts of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman and Littlefield,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | As millions were caught up in the conflict of World War II, soccer emerged as both a response to domination and a means of manipulation by those in power. Soccer under the Swastika reveals this little-known part 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 captives, soccer was a means of survival, a glimmer of joy between. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxix, 315 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates ) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442261631 1442261633 |