This online program brings together renowned scholars to explore the complex role of football during the Holocaust.

While often seen as a unifying sport, football also reflected the deep divisions of its time, shaped by exclusion, persecution, and ideology under the Nazis. What can a sport tell us about one of history’s darkest chapters? More than you’d think.

This online program brings together leading scholars to explore the complicated role of football during the Holocaust and how it could offer identity and resilience for some, while becoming a tool of exclusion and control for others.

Football fan or history lover — this one’s for you.