1. Julius Hirsch was a Jewish German Olympian international footballer who was executed at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust.
12 Facts About Julius Hirsch
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Julius Hirsch helped the Karlsruher FV win the 1910 German football championship, and played for the Germany national team, including at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Julius Hirsch then joined SpVgg Furth, with whom he won the 1914 German football championship.
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Julius Hirsch joined Karlsruher FV at the age of ten.
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Together with Fritz Forderer and Gottfried Fuchs, Julius Hirsch formed an attacking trio.
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Julius Hirsch helped Karlsruher FV win the 1910 German football championship.
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Julius Hirsch was the first Jewish player to represent the Germany national team, which he joined at 18 years of age in 1911.
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Julius Hirsch played in a number of matches for Germany, including at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Julius Hirsch scored four goals for Germany against the Netherlands in 1912, becoming the first German to score four goals in a single match.
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Julius Hirsch enlisted in and served for four years in the German Army in World War I, and was decorated with the Iron Cross.
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Julius Hirsch returned to KFV after World War I, and retired in 1925.
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Julius Hirsch had not believed that the government would harm him, as he had fought for Germany in World War I and played for Germany's national football team.