by SimonKuper (Author)
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.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 244
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Published: 16 Jan 2003
ISBN 10: 0752851497
ISBN 13: 9780752851495
Book Overview: Simon Kuper's FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY has sold over 60,000 copies and won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. A recent vogue for historical football titles has seen Andy Dougan's DYNAMO: DEFENDING THE HONOUR OF KIEV feature in the best-seller lists. Widespread review coverage and serial in THE OBSERVER guaranteed.