“Behind my back, between one corner kick and the next, they had gassed three thousand people”: football in the Auschwitz concentration camp
... nature. For the prisoners, football held symbolic meaning—it was not only an attempt to escape from the brutal reality but also a kind of refuge, a space where they could, even if only briefly, feel free.
Auschwitz concentration camp, prisoners, Nazism, football, history of sports, history of Germany, history of Poland, World War II
45—60
10.5922/vestnikhum-2025-2-4
