Max Schmeling and the Making of a National Hero in Twentieth-Century Germany By Jon HughesEnglish | PDF | 2017 (2018 Edition) | 336 Pages | ISBN : 3319511351 | 4.64 MB
This book presents the first in-depth study of the German boxer Max Schmeling (1905-2005) as a national hero and representative figure in Germany between the 1920s and the present day. It explores the complex relationship between sport, culture, politics and national identity and draws on a century of journalism, film, visual art, life writing and fiction.