Bert trautmann's years as a prisoner of war

Bert trautmann was born on 19231October 22nd in Bremen, an important town in northern Germany. In his hometown, bert trautmann, a tall man, plays a center in a club football team named Tula Bremen. However, with the coming of World War II, he had to give up his favorite sport and work for Hitler. As a German paratrooper, bert trautmann first felt the horror of war in the Russian front, and then went to the French battlefield to experience Where Are You Going? But he survived many times before his death. Later, he was sent to Belgium to transport the wounded and sick to the field hospital, but he was captured by the British army on the way to the mission. However, in trautmann's view, being captured by the British army was a lucky experience, because he was finally "freed".

Shortly after his arrest, trautmann was transferred to Ashton prison camp near Manchester, where he played his beloved football again and got an English name "Bert"-because the British would not call his German name "Bernd" for short. In a match with an amateur team, trautmann was accidentally injured and forced to play the leading role. As the saying goes, I have my own arrangements. Since then, trautmann has been standing between the two doorposts, and has never walked out of the restricted area. 1947, trautmann gave up the opportunity of being sent back to China and stayed in Britain. With a good reputation in the prison camp competition, trautmann found a place in a local team called StHelens. However, because he came from Nazi Germany, local fans didn't buy his account. "When I participated in the competition, the average attendance rate was 450, but when I left, the attendance rate rose to 6,000." Trautmann said.

No matter how notorious trautmann was, the discerning Manchester City Football Club decided to sign him with 1949, and a round of "anti-German craze" immediately set off in Manchester. Many Manchester City fans returned season tickets to the club. They published a letter of public protest in the newspaper and more than 20 thousand people took to the streets to demonstrate. However, trautmann was not intimidated by these things. He recalled the scene at that time and said: "I lived in the suburbs of Manchester and my English was not very good, so I didn't see or read these things, but they told me that people took to the streets and threatened to boycott. They have some signs that say if you sign this German, this Nazi, we won't go to the stadium. " However, of course, some people will stand on the side of Manchester City Club. At that time, a rabbi (Jewish legal tutor) published an open letter in the local newspaper, asking people not to blame trautmann for the war, and hoping that they would not jump to conclusions before seeing the German sports talent.