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The greatest comeback : from genocide to football glory : the story of Béla Guttmann

Bolchover, David2018
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Béla Guttmann was the first of a breed of globe-trotting superstar football coaches, achieving his greatest successes before Pep Guardiola or José Mourinho were even born. He was also a Holocaust survivor. In 1944, much of Europe had wanted Guttmann dead. He hid for months in an attic near Budapest as thousands of fellow Jews in the neighbourhood were dragged off to be murdered. Later, he escaped from a slave labour camp before a planned deportation and almost certain death. His father, sister and wider family were murdered. This book is an extraordinary and compelling account of Guttman's life.
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Imprint:
London : Biteback Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
xvi, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781785903717 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
796.334092796.334 BOLCB GUT
Language:
English
BRN:
368765
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