Footballer. Born in Achern, Germany. He was the first Jewish player in the German national football team, and played in the 1912 Olympic Games. He fought in the German Army in WW1, and was decorated with the Iron Cross. In 1943 he was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp where he died.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Julius Hirsch
This mural depicts 3 football players: one was a PoW held in Auschwitz, where...
Soldier who fought in the Wars of the Roses. Â Born Lancashire. Â Originally a Yorkist, he switched sides and in 1485 fought at Bosworth Field for Tudor Henry VII, for which he was appointed Lord Cha...
Protestant martyr. Before his execution,he wrote to his wife Anne: “Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ be with you dear wife, now and for ever, amen, and prev...
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
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