'À l'est, du nouveau!'is a magazine offered by Le Courrier d'Europe Centrale in partnership with Euray.
The program takes you to discover the current political, social and cultural situation in a region in transition, little known and yet dynamic, whose trajectory is at the heart of European issues.
This show is produced and hosted by Matthieu Boisdron, in collaboration with Gwendal Piegais.
euradio · Sport, politique et sociétés derrière le rideau de fer – À l’Est du nouveau ! #17Episode 17: sport, politics and societies behind the Iron Curtain
During the Cold War, sport was used by communist regimes in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe for political as well as social ends. As an instrument of mobilization, cohesion and emancipation, the practice of sport is thus placed at the intersection of many questions on which Sylvain Dufrausse, historian of sport and lecturer in contemporary history at Nantes University, enlightens us.
Illustration. Hungarian Water Polo player Ervin Zádor, injured in the eyebrow arcade, left the pool after the match against the USSR at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. Photograph: public record Office Victoria, Australia.
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Thèmes:À l'Est du nouveau, communisme, guerre froide, Melbourne, Sport, Water poloDoctor in history (Sorbonne University)
