![]() Hirsch in 1938 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 7 April 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Achern, German Empire | ||
Date of death | declared dead 8 May 1945 | (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.