Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists

by Paul Taylor

Book Overview

No story so richly illustrates the interaction between sport and politics as the story of Jewish athletes and the Games. Each major event at the Games related to the Jews is covered in-depth, including: the story of the Jewish-Hungarian wrestler Karoly Karpati in Berlin, 1936; the German-Jewish high-jumper Gretel Bergmann, who was callously exploited, then discarded, by the Germans; the American sprinters, Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller; and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903900875
• ISBN13: 9781903900871
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 268 Pages