Max Schmeling and the Making of a National Hero in Twentieth-Century Germany (1st ed. 2018 edition.)

This volume presents an in-depth study of the German boxer Max Schmeling (1905-2005) as a national hero and representative figure in Germany between the 1920s and the present day.

It explores the complex relationship between sport, culture, politics and national identity and draws on a century of journalism, film, visual art, life writing and fiction.