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Playing for His Life by John Peacock
bookshelves: winter-20132014, anti-semitic, sport, nazi-related, wwii, published-2011, fradio, radio-4
Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura
Read from January 31 to February 01, 2014
Thankee Brazilliant!
Desciption: Already under Gestapo Surveillance, tennis ace Baron Gottfried Von Cramm, married but secretly homosexual, offends Hitler, by refusing to join the Nazi Party. He believes himself to be safe as long as he remains Germany's number one and winning. 'But I must win. I can't lose, and I can't quit.' He was left playing for his life.
Producer/Director: Celia de Wolff
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4
1931 portrait of Gottfried von Cramm
From wiki: The Nazis wanted to exploit his blonde good looks as a symbol of Aryan supremacy, but he refused to identify with Nazism. In the war, he was discharged from the military because of frostbite.
This was a heartbreaker. Especially recommended for bulletpoint Karen bulletpoint
Desciption: Already under Gestapo Surveillance, tennis ace Baron Gottfried Von Cramm, married but secretly homosexual, offends Hitler, by refusing to join the Nazi Party. He believes himself to be safe as long as he remains Germany's number one and winning. 'But I must win. I can't lose, and I can't quit.' He was left playing for his life.
Producer/Director: Celia de Wolff
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4
1931 portrait of Gottfried von CrammFrom wiki: The Nazis wanted to exploit his blonde good looks as a symbol of Aryan supremacy, but he refused to identify with Nazism. In the war, he was discharged from the military because of frostbite.
This was a heartbreaker. Especially recommended for bulletpoint Karen bulletpoint
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