Julius Hirsch

Julius Hirsch
Hirsch in 1938
Personal information
Date of birth (1892-04-07)7 April 1892
Place of birth Achern, German Empire
Date of death declared dead 8 May 1945(1945-05-08) (aged 53)
Place of death Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
1902–1909 Karlsruher FV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1913 Karlsruher FV
1913–1919 SpVgg Fürth 32 (27[1])
1919–1925 Karlsruher FV
International career
1911–1913 Germany 7 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julius Hirsch (7 April 1892 – declared dead 8 May 1945) was a Jewish German Olympian international footballer who was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust.[2][3] He helped the Karlsruher FV win the 1910 German football championship, and also played for the Germany national football team, including at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[4] He then joined SpVgg Fürth, with whom he won the 1914 German football championship.

  1. ^ "Julius Hirsch". Lizenzmannschaft der SPVGG Greuther Fürth. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  2. ^ Bell, Jack (20 September 2005). "German Federation Admits to Nazi Past". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  3. ^ Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. pp. 60–62. ISBN 978-0-8135-2820-5.
  4. ^ "Julius Hirsch". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

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