'Austrian Footballer of the Twentieth Century', #MatthiasSindelar

#Austria (Amsterdam, December 1933):
#KarlSesta #PeterPlatzer #AntonSchall #WalterNausch #KarlZischek #MatthiasSindelar #FranzCisar #FranzWagner #JosefBican #JosefSmistik #FranzBinder and Coach #HugoMeisl.

The Footballer who Defied the Nazis? The Myth of Matthias Sindelar, and the Myth of Austrian Victimh... Listen to this episode from The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History. on Spotify. Matthias Sindelar was, and is, the most famous Austrian footballer between World Wars 1 and 2. Kn...

Google #MatthiasSindelar and you will find a footballer who practiced subtle and open resistance to the Nazis - an endearing story for antifascist fans.

New research suggests the actual story went somehow different.

After he scored a goal against Germany, he "danced" in front of Nazis. And he is proof that Austrian antifascism was subtle, but persistent.

Or is he?

An English-language exclusive with Austrian historian David Forster on new research about #MatthiasSindelar

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