Jews and the Olympic Games : Sport - A Springboard for Minorities Memory 000 children were held here

000 children were held here

Concentrating on a group of boys

Muriel Emanuel and Vera Gissing detail on Nicholas Winton

The 10 boys detailed here shared a room with 30 others and they called themselves the Nesarim or eagles

Jews were among the outstanding Olympians

Jews and the Olympic Games : Sport - A Springboard for Minorities Memory 000 children were held herePaul Yogi Mayer has drawn on his own memories as an athlete, coach, educator and sports journalist to create a compelling, illustrated eyewitness account. He has known many of the athletes who are featured in the book and he describes their personalities, virtues, weaknesses and in some cases, tragic fates. In the last century young Jews, particularly in Central Europe, found that they had the new and exhilarating opportunity to give expression to