{"product_id":"digging-deep-unearthing-the-stories-of-eleven-murdered-jewish-footballing-greats-9781837360321","title":"Digging Deep: Unearthing the Stories of Eleven Murdered Jewish Footballing Greats","description":"Who was the greatest Jewish footballer ever? A question to leave even the most historically literate football experts scratching their heads. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd yet, before the Holocaust, Jewish superstar players were at the heart of European football. So too were the visionary Jewish coaches reinventing tactics; the Jewish footballing pioneers who shaped the modern game; and even the elite Jewish referees trusted with the biggest matches. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDigging Deep excavates a destroyed civilisation. It reveals the untold stories of eleven Jewish football greats - icons one minute and marked for extermination the next. Setting exhilarating sporting triumphs against the gathering darkness of twentieth-century Europe, it restores these forgotten men to their rightful place in the football pantheon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than a sports book, this is a journey through the beautiful game into the savage reality of the Holocaust - tracing human sagas that speak of ambition and glory, identity and belonging, terror and murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biteback Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837360321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"David Bolchover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715605950645,"sku":"9781837360321","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/digging-deep-unearthing-the-stories-of-eleven-murdered-jewish-footballing-greats-9781837360321","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}