How Hockey Saved a Jew from the Holacaust: The Rudi Ball Story

by Wayne Frye

Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Boom Boom Gefferion, Mario Lemeiux, Sidney Crosby and Wayne Gretsky are familiar names to hockey fans, but mention Rudi Ball and you will get a quizzical look from people. Rudi Ball was a German Jew, who, thanks to hockey and the loyalty exhibited by his team-mates, was able to survive the Holocaust for one simple reason. He played that most beautiful of all games - hockey. Few people recognize the name, but he was the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0973597372
• ISBN13: 9780973597370
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Peninsula Publishing/Olympia Books
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"