Priceless footage of football in tragic times
Get to know these colour videos of Jewish footballers in 1936 and 1944. Incredible primary sources of football in tragic times.
Historians at Football Clubs 2: Derby County
Derby County historian Andy Ellis shares how football and history and heritage come together in his work.
Football Players in Focus
A review of educational material which covers exclusion, persecution and annihilation through real-life examples from the past
Match of Inhumanity
Today in 1944 football was played in the concentration camp Tezerin. What does this propaganda footage tell us about the Holocaust?
Football at the Concentration Camp
Interview with researcher Bas Kortholt of Camp Westerbork Memorial Centre on football’s unique potential.
Ignaz Feldmann: Footballer amidst horrors
Established footballer escaping Nazism, surviving the Holocaust.
Remembering the Holocaust through Football
Today, 27 January, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Educators can use the life stories of footballers to explore this painful past with the students.
Disappearing from football and the world
Analyse and connect historical sources to learn about Italian fascism and the history of Europe in late 1930s – early 1940s.
Referee in the Resistance
Dutch football referee Leo Horn, born in 1916, was a resistance fighter during the Second World War, all the while hiding his Jewish identity.
Learning history in 100 football life stories
Over 100 life stories have been collected. Together they present a story of the people of Europe in the last 150 years. Time to connect the dots.
