The Holocaust, the Second World War, the Jewish community of Amsterdam, all seen through the filter of football.
The Dutch club Ajax is the vehicle through which Simon Kuper recounts the stories of both survival and persecution of members of Amsterdam's Jewish population - almost 80 per cent of Amsterdam's Jewish Corner was wiped out in the War, and the long-held notion that, by and large, half the Dutch population had some kind of link to the Resistance has, of late, come into question.
Simon Kuper explores this issue and looks deeper into the role of football across Europe in the years both preceding and following World War 2.
Author(s): Simon Kuper
Publisher: Orion Pub
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 256
City: New York
Praise
Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
A NOTE ON THE TEXT
1 - ORANGE SOLDIERS
2 - A SUNDAY BEFORE THE WAR
3 - A FRIENDLY SALUTE
4 - THE WARM BACK OF EDDY HAMEL
5 - THE LOST MEMORIES OF MEIJER STAD
6 - SPARTA
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII. AFTER THE WAR
IX.
X.
7 - BOOM
8 - STRANGE LIES
I.
II.
III.
IV.
9 - CAPTAIN OF FRANCE, COLLABORATOR IN GORCUM
STRASBOURG, SUMMER 1940
GORCUM, AUTUMN 1941
STRASBOURG, SUMMER 2001
GORCUM, AUTUMN 1941
STRASBOURG, 1943
GORCUM, 1942
WHY?
STRASBOURG–POSTSCRIPT
GORCUM–POSTSCRIPT
10 - THE NETHERLANDS WAS BETTER THAN THE REST
11 - SOLDIER HEROES
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
12 - OF BUNKERS AND CIGARS
I.
II.
III.
IV.
13 - THE MOST POPULAR TEAM IN ISRAEL
14 - SOCCER SONGS OF THE NETHERLANDS
15 - DISNEYTOWN AND THE SECRET MONUMENTS
AFTERWORD TO THE U.S. EDITION
SOURCES
INDEX
Copyright Page
