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Hero or Traitor? Ernest Wilimowski, a Long-Dead Soccer Star, Is Revived, and Reviled.

8 June 2025 at 12:01
Efforts in the Polish region of Silesia to honor Ernest Wilimowski, a local star who played for the national teams of both Poland and Nazi Germany, are raising tricky questions about national loyalty and betrayal.

© Maciek Nabrdalik for The New York Times

People walking by a mural of Ernest Wilimowski in May in Chorzow, Poland.
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