Bolchover Revives Jewish Footballers Murdered in Shoah

British author David Bolchover's Digging Deep reconstructs a "team" of 11 Jewish soccer professionals whose contributions to European football were erased when they were murdered in the Holocaust. The book is described as years of research into Jewish players, coaches, pioneers and referees who shaped the game before Nazi and collaborator violence destroyed that world, with a core frame around 11 murdered Jewish football greats. The piece is niche, but valuable Jewish memory: Israel and the diaspora inherit that sporting culture and should resist every attempt to erase Jewish dignity from public life.