The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/when-the-luftwaffe-was-grounded-on-a-soccer-field-death-match-kiev/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:25:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png When the Luftwaffe was grounded -- on a soccer field | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/when-the-luftwaffe-was-grounded-on-a-soccer-field-death-match-kiev/ 32 32 When the Luftwaffe was grounded — on a soccer field https://www.timesofisrael.com/when-the-luftwaffe-was-grounded-on-a-soccer-field-death-match-kiev/ Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:31:00 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=199322 Seventy years ago this month, a team in Nazi-held Kiev played a game -- or games -- of life-and-death soccer against their occupiers. Even today, it's hard to separate the truth from the myth of what became known as the 'Death Match'

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