European Football During the Second World War

CONTENTS: Markwart Herzog: Introduction: Football: A Myth Machine. The Second World War, National Socialism and Anti-fascism - Ulrich Matheja: The German National Team: From the Last International Match During the War in 1942 to the First Postwar International Match in 1950 - David Forster/Georg Spitaler: Viennese Football Players and the German Wehrmacht: Between «Duty» and Evasion - Walter M. Iber/Harald Knoll: Football in Graz during the Second World War: The Traditional Clubs SK Sturm and GAK from 1939 to 1945 - Jürg Ackermann: Between Political Instrumentalization and Escapism: Spanish Football during the Second World War - Marco Impiglia: Football in Rome during the German and Anglo-American Occupation (1943–1945) - Christian Koller: Neutrality as the Norm? Football and Politics in Switzerland during the First and Second World Wars - Grégory Quin/Philippe Vonnard: Switzerland’s International Matches during the Second World War: Sport and Politics, Continuities and Traditions - Fabian Brändle: War Heroes or «D-Day Dodgers»?: English «Wartime Football» - Gary Armstrong/Matthew Bell: Bombs on Seats: Football and the Consequences of War in an English City - Manfred Lämmer/Haim Kaufmann: Football in the British Mandate for Palestine during the Second World War - Alexander Friedman: Football in the Occupied Soviet Territories: Leisure and Entertainment, Sport and Health, Politics and Ideology - Maryna Krugliak/Oleksandr Krugliak: Football during the Nazi Occupation of Kiev: A Contribution to the History and the Historical Context of the So-Called Death Match in Kiev - Victor Yakovenko: Football in Occupied Zhytomyr (1941–1943): An Oasis of Normality amid War, Occupation and Genocide - Dejan Zec: Football in Occupied Serbia (1941–1944) - Thomas Urban: Football «Only for Germans», in the Underground and in Auschwitz: Championships in Occupied Poland - Martin Hoffmann: Football on the Front Line: , an Opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage - Markwart Herzog: Football as Politically Neutral Entertainment during the Nazi War: Content and Impact of Robert Adolf Stemmle’s Romantic Football Movie - Jan Tilman Schwab: The Kiev Death Match: A Myth and Its Various Manifestations in Cinematic and Literary Works.