Published: 2022-11-23

Polish Clergymen – Prisoners and the Football Contest in Konzentrationlager Dachau (Part Two)

Jacek Brakowski
Seminare. Learned Investigations
Section: History
https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2017.3.13

Abstract

After the German failure in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943, Germans ordered organization of sport competitions in concentration camps. The idea was also implemented in KL Dachau where regular soccer matches were organized. Polishclergy prisoners took part in those sport events. The clergymen used it as an opportunity to remind themselves as well as the other prisoners that they were not only numbers destined to slave work and eventual extermination but human beings endowed with spiritual power and dignity. A few among the clergymen, thanks to their sporting and moral stance, became exemplars for the other prisoner comrades. They were able to inspire them with faith and hope for survival in the unhuman conditions of the German death camps.

Keywords:

World War II, concentration camps, KL Dachau, football

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Brakowski, J. (2022). Polish Clergymen – Prisoners and the Football Contest in Konzentrationlager Dachau (Part Two) . Seminare. Learned Investigations, 38(3), 169–182. https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2017.3.13

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