November 8, 2012 | 20 notes

How One Soccer Team Defeated the Nazis

FC Start, a group of soccer players living in Nazi-occupied Kiev, used the game to find hope and inspire their fellow countrymen.

Produced by: Danny Arruda, ESPN
Filmed and Edited by: Evolve Digital Cinema

Ed note: That time when German and British soldiers called a truce and played soccer on Christmas Day during World War I.