There always seems to be a scapegoat, a group of people that are belittled and treated with no respect and for many years this was the Jewish community. The chapter talks about how there were a myriad of famous amazing Jewish soccer players and other athletes, but there were less and less as time went on. This could’ve been a result of people being too afraid to come forward as Jewish in fear for their lives and how they would be treated. They could not even play with other teams, so they created their own with some being very popular and successful, for instance MTK. Opposing teams would yell racial slurs at the players, many made references to the Holocaust, saying how the Jews will burn in gas chambers. For a while, Tottenham tried to ignore such chants and slurs but eventually they had had enough and came up with their own. According to the chapter, Tottenham’s opponents then chanted, “We’ll be running around Tottenham with our pricks hanging out tonight…singing I’ve got foreskin, I’ve got foreskin, I’ve got foreskin, and you ain’t…”; Tottenham responded by pulling down their pants, flaunting their circumcised members.
Jewish clubs and team members were treated incredibly poor, following how Hitler had treated his Jewish prisoners during the Holocaust. At this time the Nazi leaders had enlisted Gerron to direct a film about what was happening at the concentration camps, but he could not create the script or anything. He filmed men and boys playing soccer with the narrator talking about how they could only have seven players as there was not enough room for more and how women and children would come watch them play as well. Jewish soccer players were treated terribly on the field and off the field for years.
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I agree with your post and loved how you used MTK as an example of how Jews had to come up with their own club due to the fact that others wouldn’t take them. While this is true, many of the MTK members didn’t go to the games because of how bad the cruelty for the Jews were. I’m glad the Jews were strong enough to have fought back, however, hate the fact that it had to start war between the two teams. Good Job.
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Hi Hayley! My blog was very similar to yours. I also pointed out that opposing teams made racial slurs and they even referenced the Holocaust. It is awful how terribly the Jewish players were treated.
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It is very upsetting that they had to create their own soccer league just so they could enjoy the sport they loved playing. Even at that they still got treated poorly. Everywhere they went. It awful how they were treated. You did a great job!
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Good post! It is horrible that the Jewish people were so discriminated against that they had to go off on a league of their own.
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I really like your post, Hayley! I like how you organized your thoughts and how you added the example of the MTK. I also like how you added in the chant, because it shows that they were getting tired of people making comments to them and stood up for themselves. Overall, I think you did a really good job!
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I think that it is sad that they did not feel safe for other people to know their religion and be one teams together. I think it is pretty amazing that they did form their own team so that they could build each other up. However, in a perfect world, none of the separation and hatred would be necessary.
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