Name: A Jewish Athlete: Swimming Against Stereotype in 20th Century Europe (en Inglés)
Price: 14120.00 CLP
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Author: Epstein, Helen
ISBN: 9780961469672

portada A Jewish Athlete: Swimming Against Stereotype in 20th Century Europe (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Helen Epstein

Editorial

Plunkett Lake Press

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20.3 x 13.3 x 0.5 cm

Peso

0.10 kg.

ISBN13

9780961469672

Categorías

Biografías de deportistas

A Jewish Athlete: Swimming Against Stereotype in 20th Century Europe (en Inglés)

Helen Epstein (Autor) · Plunkett Lake Press · Tapa Blanda

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This daughter's profile of Czechoslovak swimmer and water polo player Kurt Epstein (1904-1975) traces the history of Jewish athletes in Central Europe and provides a case study of one such life-long athlete. Epstein grew up a stone's throw from the Elbe River and began swimming before the First World War, when his town of Roudnice nad Labem was still part of Austria-Hungary. In high school, he became a competitive rower and swimmer, challenging prevailing stereotypes about Jews and becoming a leading Czechoslovak water polo player and swimming coach, representing his country at two Olympic Games, in 1928 and 1936. In addition to describing the cultural background of the Epstein family in the Bohemian countryside, the book examines Kurt Epstein's decision to participate in the 1936 Berlin "Nazi" Olympics, and follows him through a series of Nazi concentration camps back to Prague, where he was elected member of the Czechoslovak National Olympic Committee. After the Communist putsch of 1948, Epstein vowed to flee "in a swimsuit if necessary" and, at 44, emigrated to New York City where he became a cutter in the garment district, swam weekly at the St. George pool in Brooklyn, and served as Treasurer of The Association of Czechoslovak Sportsmen in Exile in the Western World.