In the 1930s, Eddy transitions to coaching, achieving success with RKSV Volendam's first-ever championship. Music Credits: An Angel Will Rise (<a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/an-angel-will-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">purple-planet.com</a>) Clean Soul (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300033" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Concentration (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1700022" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Leaving Home (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1900002" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Original Music by Paul Chavez. Visit the series website: <a href="https://www.belhamelpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">belhamelpodcast.com</a> Follow us @belhamelpodcast<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

In the 1930s, Eddy transitions to coaching, achieving success with RKSV Volendam's first-ever championship. Music Credits: An Angel Will Rise (purple-planet.com) Clean Soul (Kevin MacLeod) Concentration (Kevin MacLeod) Leaving Home (Kevin MacLeod) Original Music by Paul Chavez. Visit the series website: belhamelpodcast.com Follow us @belhamelpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 1930s, Eddy transitions to coaching, achieving success with RKSV Volendam's first-ever championship. Music Credits: An Angel Will Rise (<a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/an-angel-will-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer">purple-planet.com</a>) Clean Soul (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300033" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Concentration (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1700022" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Leaving Home (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1900002" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Original Music by Paul Chavez. Visit the series website: <a href="https://www.belhamelpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">belhamelpodcast.com</a> Follow us @belhamelpodcast Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 2: Player Becomes Coach

Eddy Hamel was the greatest American soccer player you’ve never heard of. He was the first American to play in any major European league, and for a while, he was the most popular player at one of Europe’s biggest clubs, Ajax of Amsterdam. He was also a Jew, at a time, and in a place, where his religion was effectively a death sentence. After two decades of brilliant football, first as star player and then as a highly successful coach, beloved by the Jews of Amsterdam, Eddy and his family were swept up in the Nazi’s ‘Final Solution.’ Hamel became one of very few Americans to be sent to Auschwitz. Now, more than a century later, this&nbsp;is his story.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Eddy Hamel was the greatest American soccer player you’ve never heard of. He was the first American to play in any major European league, and for a while, he was the most popular player at one of Europe’s biggest clubs, Ajax of Amsterdam. He was also a Jew, at a time, and in a place, where his religion was effectively a death sentence. After two decades of brilliant football, first as star player and then as a highly successful coach, beloved by the Jews of Amsterdam, Eddy and his family were swept up in the Nazi’s ‘Final Solution.’ Hamel became one of very few Americans to be sent to Auschwitz. Now, more than a century later, this is his story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eddy Hamel was the greatest American soccer player you’ve never heard of. He was the first American to play in any major European league, and for a while, he was the most popular player at one of Europe’s biggest clubs, Ajax of Amsterdam. He was also a Jew, at a time, and in a place, where his religion was effectively a death sentence. After two decades of brilliant football, first as star player and then as a highly successful coach, beloved by the Jews of Amsterdam, Eddy and his family were swept up in the Nazi’s ‘Final Solution.’ Hamel became one of very few Americans to be sent to Auschwitz. Now, more than a century later, this&nbsp;is his story. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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