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How a Holocaust survivor helped make Bayern Munich a soccer powerhouse

JL;DR SUMMARY Bayern Munich, now a titan of German soccer, owes much of its success to Kurt Landauer, a Jewish pioneer who served as the club's president both before and after surviving the Holocaust. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaustGermanyFootballMemorializationSports HistoryBayern MunichKurt LandauerFc Bayern Museum

Places mentioned

Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"Born in 1884 in Planegg, a suburb of Munich, Landauer joined the club a year after its founding in 1900, first as a player, becoming the goalkeeper for its second (or backup) team, and later as an executive."
Switzerland
"He fled to Switzerland in May 1939, where he would survive the rest of the Holocaust."
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
"Key figures left the club, among them Coach Dombi, who would continue his career with a number of prominent clubs, including Grasshoppers Zurich, FC Barcelona and Feyenoord Rotterdam."
Barcelona, Spain
"Key figures left the club, among them Coach Dombi, who would continue his career with a number of prominent clubs, including Grasshoppers Zurich, FC Barcelona and Feyenoord Rotterdam."
Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
"Key figures left the club, among them Coach Dombi, who would continue his career with a number of prominent clubs, including Grasshoppers Zurich, FC Barcelona and Feyenoord Rotterdam."

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