| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 April 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Achern, Germany | ||
| Date of death | 8 May 1945 | ||
| Place of death | Auschwitz, Poland | ||
| Playing position | Left Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1902-1909 | Karlsruher FV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1909-1913 | Karlsruher FV | ||
| 1913-1919 | SpVgg Fürth | ||
| 1919-1925 | Karlsruher FV | ||
| National team | |||
| 1911-1913 | Germany | 7 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Julius Hirsch (7 April 1892 – 8 May 1945) was a German international footballer who was killed during the Holocaust.[1][2] He helped Karlsruher FV to win the 1910 German championship.
He was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp on 1 March 1943. His exact date of death is unknown. In 1950, a German court declared him dead with the date of death set on 8 May 1945.[3]
Julius Hirsch was the first Jewish player to represent the German national team. He died at Auschwitz in May 1945.[3] Hirsch had served for four years in the German Army in the First World War, had been decorated with the Iron Cross and was a German patriot, unable and unwilling to believe that his life could be at risk.[4]
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