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Review of ‘Football With The Foe – Danish sport under the Swastika'

27 August 2008

Review by Steve Menary of Hans Bonde's latest book, ‘Football With The Foe – Danish sport under the swastika’, which examines wartime sport during the Nazi occupation of Denmark.

 




Sport as a life saver

30 November 2005

Young people from indigenous cultures - societies which did not until recently have a history and culture of suicide - set alarming records of suicide.

 

These young people could be helped through sport. Millions of...




Niels Bukh and Danish gymnastics - a dangerous political combination

03 June 2003

Professor of sports history, Hans Bonde, gives a brief introduction to the fascinating history of the Danish gymnastics pedagogue Niels Bukh. He revolutionized male aesthetics, became a symbol of Danishness and was dangerously...




The Workshop of Sports History (Idrtshistorisk Vrksted) - a ground for traditional games

25 May 2003

The Workshop of Sports History is a Danish experimental centre. The task is to collect, study, reintroduce, and revitalise traditional games from the European area.




The FrontRunners: A Story of Ten Indigenous Runners in Canada

13 November 2002

In this article, Laura Robinson explains how and why she wrote the play FrontRunners about ten indigenous runners in Canada. These men had been good runners and students in 1967 when Winnipeg hosted the Pan-Am Games and had...




From Tradition to the Olympics: Running Cultures in Mexico and Kenya

11 November 2002

Tarahumaras in Mexico and Kalenjins in Kenya are superb runners. Thanks to British colonialisation, the Kenyans have become integrated in world sport which has resulted - amongst other things - in exploitation of young athletes....




Sport and Politics: Diplomacy of an Olympic Truce

29 October 2002

The coexistence of sport and politics dates from the 9th century BC, when the \"Olympic Truce\" was established.