Polski futbol w cieniu Hitlera. Polityczne implikacje rywalizacji piłkarskich reprezentacji RP i III Rzeszy

• Authors: Jung Rafał

Title variants

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Polish football in Hitler’s shadow. Political implications of the rivalry between the national football teams of the Second Republic of Poland and the Third Reich

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

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This article is a historical and political analysis of the sporting events of the interwar period. It is a consideration of five football matches that the national teams of Poland and Germany played against each other during the Third German Reich, between 1933 and 1938. Apart from their obvious sporting value, they carried significant political implications. The latter stemmed from the volatile political relations between Warsaw and Berlin following the Nazis’ rise to power in 1933. Triggering enormous public interest in both countries, the matches became a valuable instrument for the political and sporting elites of Poland and the Third Reich in creating political objectives in their mutual relations. Such an approach was facilitated by a progressive subordination of sport to state institutions in both countries. The above aspects are the object of analysis of sporting events from the interwar period using the historical and decision-making method. The analyzed events are the five matches that the national teams of Poland and Germany played in the then (and now) most popular sport discipline i.e. football during the period of the existence of the Third German Reich in the years 1933-1938.

Keywords

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politics; diplomacy; sport; football; the Second Republic of Poland; the Third German Reich

• Publisher: Instytut Zachodni. Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Zachodni
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 3 (384)
• Pages: 191-216

Contributors

author

Jung Rafał

• Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politologicznych, Katedra Teorii Polityki i Myśli Politycznej, Zespół Badań Politologicznych Problematyki Sportu