Anke Hilbrenner

Prof. Dr. Anke Hilbrenner has been Professor of Eastern European History at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf since April 2022. She studied in Bonn and Bochum and received her doctorate in Bonn in 2003 with a thesis on the diaspora nationalism of the Jewish historian Simon Dubnow. She has taught at the universities of Bonn, Bremen, Munich and Göttingen. Her research focuses on Jewish history in Eastern Europe, sports history, the history of terrorism and violence and the memory of the Second World War, especially the controversial memory of the Hitler-Stalin Pact in East and West. In 2022, she published her book on terrorism "Gewalt als Sprache der Straße. Terrorism and the search for emotional community in the Russian Empire before 1917".

Teaching Module

The history of Jewish sport during the First World War

Sport creates community – even, or possibly especially, in wartime. Despite mounting crises, the First World War was a time when Jewish gymnastics and sports clubs flourished. Gymnasts and athletes took part in the war. The war, in turn, ensured the spread of the Jewish gymnastics and sports...

Teaching module chapter

The history of Jewish sport during the First World War

Sport creates community – even, or possibly especially, in wartime. Despite mounting crises, the First World War was a time when Jewish gymnastics and sports clubs flourished. Gymnasts and athletes took part in the war. The war, in turn, ensured the spread of the Jewish gymnastics and sports...

Teaching module chapter

The Beginnings of the Jewish Gymnastics and Sports Movement in Central and Central Eastern Europe

Introduction

Jewish History in Eastern Europe: The 19th Century

In Jewish history, the 19th century stands for a time of comprehensive change in all areas of life. Jews, who had previously seen themselves primarily as a religious group, now became supporters of various political or national movements. This gave rise to a range of new, constantly contested Jewish...