Basque in the USSR
A story of a Spanish footballer turned Communist leader, where football and history intertwine across borders.
Fritz Löhner-Beda: Zionism, Football, Vienna
Cultural soul in pre-war Vienna, killed in the Holocaust.
Milutin Ivkovic: World Cup to World War
Captain of Yugoslavia, a qualified doctor, killed in a Nazi concentration camp.
Boško Petrović: From Football to Freedom?
Left the football pitch behind to fight for ideology in the sky.
Otto Fritz ‘Tull’ Harder: From German hero to Nazi war criminal
Player who commanded Hannover-Ahlem, a Nazi concentration camp.
Helmut Klopfleisch: Fan on the wrong side of the Wall
Helmut Klopfleisch was a Hertha fan but found him at the wrong side of the wall.
Ernst Kuzorra: One of “Germany’s Polish Champions”
Ernst Kuzorra was a star player for Schalke. His story is about migration, identity and education.
Asbjorn Halvorsen: Victim of Dictatorship
Asbjorn Halvorsen played for SV Hamburg and was regarded as a footballing hero in Germany. Still, he spent time in a German concentration camp.
The first Euro’s amidst Cold War tensions
On this day, 20 June 2020, France was supposed to play a Euro2020 game in the city of Budapest. The Euro2020 tournament is postponed for one year, which gives us a chance to go into the history of the European Nations Cup, which is full of remarkable stories and people. This is the story of the first tournament. It is a story about the legacy of the Cold War.
Lev Yashin: Hero of the Soviet Union
Lev Yashin is maybe the best goalkeeper football has ever seen. His world was shaped by the Soviet Union. His story is one about identity and ideology.
