
Booktalk 2.9.2025 with Dr. Pavel Brunssen
In a packed reading room and in front of numerous online participants, the book was presented by author Dr Pavel Brunssen following an introduction by Dr Karen Körber. This was followed by a fascinating discussion with Prof. Stefanie Schüler-Springorum and a very interested audience.
Why do non-Jewish football fans chant ‘Yid Army’ or display banners with the words ‘Super Jews’ – especially for clubs that have never considered themselves Jewish?
In his book The Making of ‘Jew Clubs’, Pavel Brunssen examines how clubs such as FC Bayern Munich, FK Austria Vienna, Ajax Amsterdam and Tottenham Hotspur became so-called ‘Jew clubs’ – and what roles anti-Semitism, philosemitism and performative Jewish identity played in this.
With a new approach to Holocaust remembrance, sports history and Jewish studies, The Making of ‘Jew Clubs’ shows how football cultures reflect Europe's relationship with its Jewish past – and actively shape it.
The book can be ordered here https://iupress.org/9780253073389/the-making-of-jew-clubs/
