Belhamel: The Story of Eddy Hamel

Our 9-part series begins 2/5/24.Music Credit: An Angel Will Rise (purple-planet.com)Visit the series website: belhamelpodcast.comFollow us @belhamelpodcast

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 Menno Pot.Music Credits:An Angel Will Rise (purple-planet.com)Clean Soul (credit: Kevin MacLeod)Leaving Home (credit: Kevin MacLeod)Original Music by Paul Chavez.Visit the series website: belhamelpodcast.comFollow us @belhamelpodcast

In the 1930s, Eddy transitions to coaching, achieving success with RKSV Volendam's first-ever championship.Music Credits:An Angel Will Rise (purple-planet.com)Clean Soul (Kevin MacLeod)Concentration (Kevin MacLeod)Leaving Home (Kevin MacLeod)Original Music by Paul Chavez.Visit the series website: belhamelpodcast.comFollow us @belhamelpodcast

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 (purple-planet.com)Concentration (Kevin MacLeod)Clean Soul (Kevin MacLeod)Devastation and Revenge (Kevin MacLeod)Satiate Strings (Kevin MacLeod)Sunset at Glengorm (Kevin MacLeod)Leaving Home (Kevin MacLeod)Original Music by Paul Chavez.Visit the series website: belhamelpodcast.comFollow us @belhamelpodcast

Under the Reichskommissariat order, Eddy faces arrest during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam.This episode featured Jurryt van de Vooren.Music Credits:An Angel Will Rise (purple-planet.com)Concentration (Kevin MacLeod)Clean Soul (Kevin MacLeod)Devastation and Revenge (Kevin MacLeod)Satiate Strings (Kevin MacLeod)Leaving Home (Kevin MacLeod)Original Music by Paul Chavez.Visit the series website: belhamelpodcast.comFollow us @belhamelpodcast

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 (purple-planet.com)Clean Soul (Kevin MacLeod)Lost Frontier (Kevin MacLeod)Mesmerize (Kevin MacLeod)Despair and Triumph (Kevin MacLeod)Dreams Become Real (Kevin MacLeod)Leaving Home (Kevin MacLeod)Original Music by Paul Chavez.Visit the series website: belhamelpodcast.comFollow us @belhamelpodcast

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 (purple-planet.com)Immersed (Kevin MacLeod)Defeated (Jonny Easton)Mesmerize (Kevin MacLeod)Despair and Triumph (Kevin MacLeod)Original Music by Paul Chavez.Visit the series website: belhamelpodcast.comFollow us @belhamelpodcast

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 (purple-planet.com)Time Passes (Kevin MacLeod)On the Passing of Time (Kevin MacLeod)Sunset at Glengorm (Kevin MacLeod)Despair and Triumph (Kevin MacLeod)Long Note Three (Kevin MacLeod)Defeated (Jonny Easton)Immersed (Kevin MacLeod)Leaving Home (Kevin MacLeod)Original Music by Paul Chavez.Visit the series website: belhamelpodcast.comFollow us @belhamelpodcast