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11. War On The Pitch

Nothing Like a Good Old Soccer Truce that Ends in Death via PadreSteve
Nothing Like a Good Old Soccer Truce that Ends in Death via PadreSteve

While Nazis occupied Ukraine, a football (soccer) match was held between the Nazis and a group of Ukrainian Players from club FC Dynamo Kyiv. While this seems like a human thing to do during times of atrocities, the Gestapo could not let the sport be a sport. At least not when they lost 8 – 0.

The Ukrainian players were arrested and tortured and while one player did die in their hands, the rest were sent to work camps and were executed before the end of the war.

By chris

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