Project series "Learning from our own history: Forced labourers and Hertha BSC"
Dutchman Bram Appel was at the beginning of his football career when he was deported to Germany by the Nazis for forced labour.
He had to work in a factory in Berlin and survived numerous air raids. However, his football talent made his life easier, as Hertha BSC included him in the first team. The top scorer brought the club a trophy. After the war, Bram Appel was criticised in the Netherlands for playing for a German club.
Sports journalists Martijn Schwillens and Bob Thomassen have researched Bram Appel's life and written a ‘rehabilitation’.
Greeting:
- Stefano Bazzano, Fan Support Hertha BSC
- Ralf Busch, Fan Project
Panel:
- Juliane Röleke, freelance lecturer at the Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre
- Bob Thomassen, sports journalist
- Martijn Schwillens, sports journalist
- Gero Kopp, project ‘Places of jubilation - places of injustice’ at the Augustaschacht Osnabrück memorial sites
Moderation:
- Ronny Blaschke, journalist
A joint event organised by Hertha BSC fan support, the fan project of Sportjugend Berlin and the Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre
(IN GERMAN)
Additional information
Dates
September 2025
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