The report "Building Bridges: Survey on Combating Antisemitism Through Football" investigates the potential of football as a vehicle for social change in addressing antisemitism across Europe. Drawing on perspectives from over 100 football stakeholders and Jewish representatives across more than 10 countries, the study highlights varying perceptions of antisemitism and evaluates the effectiveness of existing initiatives within the sport. While progress has been made in anti-discrimination efforts, the report underscores the importance of forging deeper, sustained partnerships between football organizations and Jewish communities. It advocates for proactive strategies, including educational workshops and community outreach, to effectively combat antisemitism. Ultimately, the report serves as both a critical assessment of current practices and a call to action for fostering a more inclusive and respectful football environment that acknowledges and promotes Jewish life.

This chapter examines the memory culture in German football, specifically the commemorative initiatives aimed at remembering Jewish club members. Through a detailed case study of FC Bayern Munich’s memory of Kurt Landauer, the article shows how collective memories are intrinsically linked to collective identities and how rewriting Jews into the history of German football had the side effect of forgetting about the perpetrators and collaborators. The chapter also highlights the emergence of two memory regimes in German football, those of the clubs and those of the fans. This case study cautions readers to consider the complex relationships between remembering and forgetting, memory and history, as well as memory and identity. The article concludes by emphasising the importance of thoroughly analysing and critically revising historical narratives.

The fact that the Nazis looked to the United States for inspiration has led some to claim that the US served Nazi thinkers as a “model.” This article argues instead that Nazis looked to America as a countermodel for how not to deal with the “Jewish question.” Through an intertextual analysis of visual and textual primary sources, this article demonstrates how the Nazis used America as a projection screen for developing their vision of empire and “redemptive antisemitism.” The Nazis admired the United States’ racist laws and technological development but despised Americans for ignoring the “Jewish threat.” By showing how the Nazis used the United States as a mirror for developing Nazi ideology, this article reintroduces the category of antisemitic ideology to the Historikerstreit 2.0 debate.