Sport under Unexpected Circumstances Violence, Discipline, and Leisure in Penal and Internment Camps

• Andere auteurs: Feindt, Gregor (Redacteur), Hillbrenner, Anke (Redacteur), Dahlmann, Dittmar (Redacteur)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: 2018
• Reeks: Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz
• Onderwerpen: The Holocaust; History; National Socialism; Sports; Concentration Camps; Humanities; Sports and Outdoor Recreation; HIS043000; HIS022000; Holocaust; Jewish
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Sport was an integral part of life in camps during the twentieth century, even in Nazi concentrations camps or in the Soviet Gulag. Traditionally perceived as a symbol of equality, play, and peacefulness, sport under such unexpected circumstances irritates most observers, back then and today. This v...