Our 9-part series begins 2/5/24. Music Credit: An Angel Will Rise (<a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/an-angel-will-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">purple-planet.com</a>) Visit the series website: <a href="https://www.belhamelpodcast.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">belhamelpodcast.com</a> Follow us @belhamelpodcast

Introducing: Belhamel

Eddy Hamel, the first Jewish player for Ajax, draws immediate attention and fame, but the American-born star is ineligible to play for the Netherlands in the Amsterdam Olympics. This episode featured <a href="https://www.mennopot.com/over-menno/biografie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Menno Pot</a>. Music Credits: An Angel Will Rise (<a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/an-angel-will-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">purple-planet.com</a>) Clean Soul (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300033" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">credit: Kevin MacLeod</a>) Leaving Home (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1900002" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">credit: Kevin MacLeod</a>) Original Music by Paul Chavez. Visit the series website: <a href="https://www.belhamelpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">belhamelpodcast.com</a> Follow us @belhamelpodcast

Episode 1: Belhamel, the Trickster

In the 1930s, Eddy transitions to coaching, achieving success with RKSV Volendam's first-ever championship. Music Credits: An Angel Will Rise (<a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/an-angel-will-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">purple-planet.com</a>) Clean Soul (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300033" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Concentration (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1700022" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Leaving Home (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1900002" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Original Music by Paul Chavez. Visit the series website: <a href="https://www.belhamelpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">belhamelpodcast.com</a> Follow us @belhamelpodcast

Episode 2: Player Becomes Coach

Following his departure from Alcmaria Victrix, Eddy takes on a coaching role with De Kennemers. Music Credits: An Angel Will Rise (<a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/an-angel-will-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">purple-planet.com</a>) Clean Soul (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300033" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Concentration (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1700022" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Leaving Home (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1900002" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Original Music by Paul Chavez. Visit the series website: <a href="https://www.belhamelpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">belhamelpodcast.com</a> Follow us @belhamelpodcast

Episode 3: Amsterdam and Beverwijk

Eddy commits to coaching HEDW, a club with predominantly Jewish members, in the lead up to World War II. Music Credits: An Angel Will Rise (<a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/an-angel-will-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">purple-planet.com</a>) Concentration (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1700022" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Clean Soul (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300033" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Devastation and Revenge (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100694" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Satiate Strings (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200056" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Sunset at Glengorm (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100651" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Leaving Home (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1900002" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Original Music by Paul Chavez. Visit the series website: <a href="https://www.belhamelpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">belhamelpodcast.com</a> Follow us @belhamelpodcast

Episode 4: Eddy's First and Last Jewish Club

Under the Reichskommissariat order, Eddy faces arrest during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. This episode featured <a href="https://sportgeschiedenis.nl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jurryt van de Vooren</a>. Music Credits: An Angel Will Rise (<a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/an-angel-will-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">purple-planet.com</a>) Concentration (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1700022" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Clean Soul (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300033" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Devastation and Revenge (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100694" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Satiate Strings (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200056" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Leaving Home (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1900002" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Original Music by Paul Chavez. Visit the series website: <a href="https://www.belhamelpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">belhamelpodcast.com</a> Follow us @belhamelpodcast

Episode 5: Jews Out, Gentiles In

Eddy and his family are imprisoned at Kamp Westerbork for three months, before they are all deported to Auschwitz. This episode featured Kevin E. Simpson. Music Credits: An Angel Will Rise (<a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/an-angel-will-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">purple-planet.com</a>) Clean Soul (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300033" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Lost Frontier (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300039" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Mesmerize (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500005" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Despair and Triumph (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400012" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Dreams Become Real (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500027" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Leaving Home (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1900002" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Original Music by Paul Chavez. Visit the series website: <a href="https://www.belhamelpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">belhamelpodcast.com</a> Follow us @belhamelpodcast

Episode 6: Westerbork

Leon Greenman, a British citizen living in Rotterdam, is separated from his wife and child and forced into an uncertain future. This episode featured Thamar Barnett and Deborah Kalkoene. Music Credits: An Angel Will Rise (<a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/an-angel-will-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">purple-planet.com</a>) Immersed (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=usuan1600010" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Defeated (<a href="https://motionarray.com/royalty-free-music/defeated-1370026/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jonny Easton</a>) Mesmerize (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500005" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Despair and Triumph (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400012" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Original Music by Paul Chavez. Visit the series website: <a href="https://www.belhamelpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">belhamelpodcast.com</a> Follow us @belhamelpodcast

Episode 7: Leon Greenman

Leon faces hunger, beatings, and a fateful separation from his friend, Eddy Hamel. This episode featured Kevin E. Simpson, Jurryt van de Vooren, and Thamar Barnett. Music Credits: An Angel Will Rise (<a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/an-angel-will-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">purple-planet.com</a>) Time Passes (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100042" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) On the Passing of Time (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100520" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Sunset at Glengorm (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100651" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Despair and Triumph (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400012" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Long Note Three (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100424" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Defeated (<a href="https://motionarray.com/royalty-free-music/defeated-1370026/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jonny Easton</a>) Immersed (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=usuan1600010" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Leaving Home (<a href="https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1900002" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin MacLeod</a>) Original Music by Paul Chavez. Visit the series website: <a href="https://www.belhamelpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">belhamelpodcast.com</a> Follow us @belhamelpodcast

Episode 8: Auschwitz - Selection and Survival

Eddy Hamel was the greatest American soccer player you’ve never heard of. He was the first American to play in any major European league, and for a while, he was the most popular player at one of Europe’s biggest clubs, Ajax of Amsterdam. He was also a Jew, at a time, and in a place, where his religion was effectively a death sentence. After two decades of brilliant football, first as star player and then as a highly successful coach, beloved by the Jews of Amsterdam, Eddy and his family were swept up in the Nazi’s ‘Final Solution.’ Hamel became one of very few Americans to be sent to Auschwitz. Now, more than a century later, this&nbsp;is his story.

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Belhamel: The Story of Eddy Hamel

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1. Episode 1: Belhamel, the Trickster

2. Episode 2: Player Becomes Coach

3. Episode 3: Amsterdam and Beverwijk

4. Episode 4: Eddy's First and Last Jewish Club

5. Episode 5: Jews Out, Gentiles In

6. Episode 6: Westerbork