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.
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Julius Hirsch
This mural depicts 3 football players: one was a PoW held in Auschwitz, where...
Protestant martyr. He was believed to have been a Baptist, which was rather dangerous in the reign of Mary I. Whilst returning from a visit to Maidstone, he was stopped by Edmund Tyrell, a justice ...
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for her Protestant beliefs.
Born Yorkshire. Opposed Henry VIII's self-appointment as head of the Church of England. Result: decapitation on Tower Hill.
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for her Protestant beliefs.
Army commander. Born Staffordshire. A commander in the 1st Cornish Rebellion. Captured at the battle on Blackheath on 17 June 1497 and beheaded on Tower Hill.
