Think Draw - Picture - Austria 1938 (ghost of Matthias S)

Title: Austria 1938 (ghost of Matthias S)
created on 30 Jun 18

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Comments on this picture (18):
1. chelydra wrote: Not a good likeness but maybe it catches the Austrian national team's discombobulated & doomed mood at the time of the Anschluss. Matthias Sindelar refused to play when Hitler ordered Austrian to merge with Germany. He was found dead a year later.
2. chelydra wrote: typo, meant to say:...ordered the Austrians to merge with Germany.
3. Normal wrote: Well done. Bravo for the nein-sayer, though he apparently paid for that.
4. lexa wrote: great choice for this showcase - i never heard of him. . . there were so many "nein"-sayers and freedom fighters back then - i hope that today we'll be able to stop our little dictator!!!
5. AFSOUTH wrote: Outstanding depiction or the courageous!
6. hjjr wrote: expressive...
7. katidid wrote: Ditto all! How soon we forget, good to have the reminders! TY
8. Mila wrote: waoow, well done.
9. nancylee wrote: Thank you for sharing this story that I did not know.
10. chelydra wrote: One thing that's great about the World Cup is that it offers all the adrenaline and excitement and mass hysteria of a world war, with nary a drop of bloodshed. But in 1938, the boundary between sport and war was broken.
11. chelydra wrote: One indication that Austria's 99%(?) approval of Germany's absorption of their country was perhaps fraudulent was the Austrian soccer team's responseâ€”they sabotaged the German team's games after they were ordered to join it, playing listlessly.
12. chelydra wrote: (I mean the official vote count for the post-Anschluss plebiscite was perhaps miscounted.)
13. chelydra wrote: I'd been wondering why 1938 was the only time the German team failed to get through the Group Stage before it met up with Mexico in 2018â€”that's how I came across this info.
14. priya41 wrote: Well done
15. fairdealing wrote: good one!
16. marky wrote: Great work and some history also,very big into history myself and well travelled in pursuit of
17. Burgandy wrote: Nice description of history!
18. bugoy1 wrote: I'm finding the history as fascinating as your drawing! :)