Comments on: Auschwitz and the perversion of football http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/01/auschwitz-and-the-perversion-of-football/ Soccer as a second language Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Black Rabbit http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/01/auschwitz-and-the-perversion-of-football/comment-page-1/#comment-130436 Black Rabbit Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:53:17 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3078#comment-130436 They played football all the time at Auschwitz, the pitch was immediately next to the main Birkenau gas chambers. One of the linesmen, <strong>Leo Goldstein</strong>, in the "Battle of Santiago" in the ’62 World Cup, was an Auschwitz survivor. He claimed it's only because he'd read the "rule book" that a German international footballer / Auschwitz gas chamber guard pulled him out of the queue for the gas chamber. Jewish survivors of Auschwitz reminisce about matches they played on a Sunday in <strong>Steven Spielberg</strong>'s Shoah Foundation videos (the testimony of 55,000+ holocaust survivors). They played football all the time at Auschwitz, the pitch was immediately next to the main Birkenau gas chambers.

One of the linesmen, Leo Goldstein, in the “Battle of Santiago” in the ’62 World Cup, was an Auschwitz survivor.

He claimed it’s only because he’d read the “rule book” that a German international footballer / Auschwitz gas chamber guard pulled him out of the queue for the gas chamber.

Jewish survivors of Auschwitz reminisce about matches they played on a Sunday in Steven Spielberg‘s Shoah Foundation videos (the testimony of 55,000+ holocaust survivors).

]]> By: John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/01/auschwitz-and-the-perversion-of-football/comment-page-1/#comment-96089 John Turnbull Tue, 11 May 2010 00:56:03 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3078#comment-96089 Thanks kindly for the reference. I will look up Agamben's work. Thanks kindly for the reference. I will look up Agamben’s work.

]]> By: sportsbabel http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/01/auschwitz-and-the-perversion-of-football/comment-page-1/#comment-96084 sportsbabel Mon, 10 May 2010 23:44:39 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3078#comment-96084 This is also the game that the Italian political philosopher <strong>Giorgio Agamben</strong> writes about in his book <em>Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive</em>. Thank you for posting this. I will definitely look up Mr. Heyen's poem. This is also the game that the Italian political philosopher Giorgio Agamben writes about in his book Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive. Thank you for posting this. I will definitely look up Mr. Heyen’s poem.

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