A Jewish Athlete: Swimming Against Stereotype in 20th Century Europe

by Helen Epstein

This daughter's profile of Czechoslovak swimmer and water polo player Kurt Epstein (1904-1975) traces the history of Jewish athletes in Central Europe and provides a case study of one such life-long athlete. Epstein grew up a stone's throw from the Elbe River and began swimming before the First World War, when his town of Roudnice nad Labem was still part of Austria-Hungary. In high school, he became a competitive rower and swimmer, challenging prevailing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0961469676
• ISBN13: 9780961469672
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"