Jewish achievements in Bavaria. how we survived in nazism-dominated germany[new soccer book review: a book that makes the game twice as delicious

at the "soccer grand prize" hosted by kosha, four members of the selection committee selected the winning works for football-related books (except practical books and manga) released that year. in this corner "soccer book new book review", we will introduce the soccer books released in 2021 at any time and publish the new book review of the must-read

IT TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY TO READ THE 500-PAGE OR MORE LARGE BOOK, BUT IT'S A MUST-READ FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FANS OF FC BAYERN OR ARE NOT INTERESTED IN GERMAN FOOTBALL OR FOOTBALL ITSELF BUT WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPORT AND POLITICS.

SPORT HAS A DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH POLITICS. RATHER, POLITICS USES SPORTS TO UPLIFT NATIONAL PRESTIGE, AND IT CONTINUES AT PRESENT TO EXPOSE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST OTHER COUNTRIES AND OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS. THE MOST RECENT TOPIC IS THAT THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES HAVE DECLARED A DIPLOMATIC BOYCOTT OF THE WINTER BEIJING OLYMPICS. IT HAS BEEN SUCH A DEBATE THAT PLAYERS FROM EUROPE'S TOP FOOTBALL LEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER (BLM), AN ANTI-RACISM MOVEMENT STEMMING FROM THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS BY US POLICE OFFICERS. MOST NOTABLY, IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF NAZISM THAT POLITICS USED SPORTS. THIS BOOK SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICS AND SPORT FROM THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FC BAYERN AND THE JEWS.

THE AUTHOR IS CURRENTLY ONE OF GERMANY'S LEADING SOCCER JOURNALISTS AND A FOOTBALL HISTORIAN. THE FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHED IN 2011, WON THE FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, AND THE SECOND EDITION WAS PUBLISHED IN 2013 AND THE THIRD EDITION IN 2017, AND IT HAS BEEN WIDELY READ NOT ONLY IN GERMANY BUT ALSO AROUND THE WORLD. THIS IS BECAUSE IT IS VALUED THAT NO BOOK HAS BEEN COMPILED BY ANALYZING NOT ONLY FC BAYERN BUT ALSO JEWS IN THE HISTORY OF GERMAN FOOTBALL IN SUCH A CALM AND DETAILED ANALYSIS, AND HOW THE INHERENT "POWER" OF FOOTBALL CAN BE DISTORTED BY POLITICAL INTERVENTION IN FOOTBALL (AS CAN BE SAID IN SPORTS IN GENERAL).

FC BAYERN, WITH A 120-YEAR HISTORY, HAS BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH JEWS SINCE ITS INCEPTION. BUT FC BAYERN IS NOT A CLUB FOUNDED AND DEVELOPED BY THE JEWS. 

FROM 1911, THE JEW KURT LANDAUER BECAME PRESIDENT OF FC BAYERN, UNDER WHICH BAYERN WON THE TITLE OF GERMAN CHAMPIONS. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS RICHARD DONBY WHO WAS AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN JEW TO HAVE LED THE TEAM. IT IS NO EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT IT WAS THE JEWS WHO BUILT THE EARLY GLORY, BUT FC BAYERN WAS NOT A JEWISH-LED CLUB, NOR DID THEY EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

AT FC BAYERN, JEWISH PLAYERS AND STAFF WERE RATHER MINORITIES, NOR DID THE CLUB ACTIVELY DEFEND JEWISH PLAYERS AND STAFF DURING THE HOLOCAUST. THE CLUB HAS DECIDED THAT IT HAD NO INVOLVEMENT WITH THE JEWS. WHILE INTENSIFYING PERSECUTION OF JEWS UNDER NAZIS, IT WAS "NOT AN EXPRESS RESISTANCE DIRECTED AT THE NAZIS BY FC BAVARIA, RATHER A MIXTURE OF LETHARGIC AND PROCRASTINATION OPERATIONS."

BY DOING THAT, THE CLUB SURVIVED. RELATIONS WITH JEWS HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED AFTER THE WAR, BUT AS RECENT YEARS, FC BAYERN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH JEWS HAS BEEN SHED LIGHT ON FC BAYERN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH JEWS AS THE MOVEMENT TO RESTORE THE HONOR OF THE JEWS WHO PLAYED IN THE SPORT IN THE AGE OF NAZISM AS WELL AS FOOTBALL. WHEN THE THIRD EDITION OF THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED, THE CLUB'S OFFICIAL CEREMONY WAS ONCE AGAIN CREDITED BY THE JEWS IN GERMAN FOOTBALL AND FC BAYERN HISTORY BY FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN CO., LTD. REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE ISRAELI NATIONAL COMMUNITY MÜNCHENG OBER BAVARIA.

on the other hand, this book emphasizes that race and race discrimination were not blatantly done in the world of sports because it was Germany ruled by an abnormal political thought of nazism underworld war ii. not only Hitler but also populist dictators such as Mussolini and franco have used sports (especially popular footballs) for their propaganda. it shows off the superiority to another country, another race, and another race in the game of the sport where the victory or defeat is clear, "patriotism" distorted by considering the opponent as "enemy", the national prestige uplift is tried, and it has been connected to the war. the Olympics and the world cup, which are national competitions, are the perfect stage for "national prestige" for politicians who have populism as their political base.

how can political interventions easily destroy football, such as those seen in Weimar-era Germany, where players kick, run, and play together, regardless of country, race, ethnicity, or gender. this book teaches it, and at the same time shows the danger that the same thing is happening today. how do you relate to politics? football (sports) is at a crossroads again.