Language:
German
Year of publication:
2012
Titel der Quelle:
Transversal; Zeitschrift für Jüdische Studien
Angaben zur Quelle:
13,2 (2012) 81-100
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1945-
;
Jews Sports
Abstract:
Jewish sports came to an end in Austria with the Holocaust. They were revived after 1945 mainly in Vienna, within the framework of the sports club Hakoah. The media were positive at first, but turned hostile as soon as Hakoah became more successful. Sports enthusiasts joined in putting down the club. Other Jewish sports clubs, created by inmates in various DP-camps around Austria, were also subject to discrimination. By the 1960s, all local Jewish athletic activity, except for Hakoah Wien, had ceased. The absence of Jewish athletes and administrators, however, did not put an end to anti-Jewish abuse. In the 1970s-80s antisemitism and anti-Israelism was conspicuous among the supporters of Austria's leading soccer team, Rapid Wien. During that period antisemitic insults were often used against rivals on the sports scene. Since 2000, antisemitism in Austrian sports has not increased, but it is reported about more diligently. Anti-Jewish sentiment is limited only to soccer, and the lines between right-wing extremism, neo-fascism, racism, xenophobia, and antisemitism have all but disappeared. Anti-Jewish sentiment is especially virulent in matches between Austrian and Israeli teams. Concludes that antisemitic myths persist in the "scruffy" or "untended" language of Austrian soccer. This form of antisemitism is "untended", since it is emotional and straight-forward, as heard in sports stadiums.
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