Learn how fans in London protested the Swastika in 1935, to analyze the place of politics in football today.
The promising 1930s Istrian footballer Bruno Scher jeopardized his career not to change his own surname, that fascist authorities wanted more Italian.
The story of Brazilian team SE Palmeiras, founded in 1914 as “Palestra Itália”, an operation through football to unify migrants from a divided country.
The story of a Galician footballer, who died fighting francoism with his brother, but was able to surprise his own executors just before the bullet.
The life of a working class player who fought the regime until his death.
The story of the first multiple scorer in a World Cup final: his surname had been changed by fascist authorities.
A discussion arose about Spezia Calcio’s new logo, an ambiguous symbol that clashed with fans’ sensibility and city history.
This article tells the story of the “Cup of Free Spain”, played during the Spanish Civil war in Republican territories, acknowledged only today, on 18th July 2023.
He was a popular player before WW2, but was executed in 1941 on the charge of collaborating with communists.
This article tells some stories of football players who fought against fascism during the regime in Italy, some of them paid with their lives.
Get to know these colour videos of Jewish footballers in 1936 and 1944. Incredible primary sources of football in tragic times.
