Jewish Sports in Times of Persecution

born in 1985, studied history and political science at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; completed a master’s thesis on German Social Democracy and Zionism before World War One and a dissertation project on Eduard Bernstein, Karl Kautsky and the question of Jewish nationality; was a lecturer at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and the Augustana-Hochschule, Neuendettelsau; received the Yaakov Talmon prize of the Israeli Academy of Sciences for M.A Students.

born in 1955, studied sports science at Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur (DHfK) (the sports university in Leipzig) and completed a doctoral programme (Dr. paed.) there; from 1986 to 1991, she was the director of the Leipzig Sports Museum, until 2019 sports history curator/head of the sports museum within the Leipzig Museum of City History; since 1969, a qualified trainer, first, in track and field and, from 1983 on, in a general sports group; founder and current member of the board of DAGS, the German association of sports museums, collections and archives.