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

Following his departure from Alcmaria Victrix, Eddy takes on a coaching role with De Kennemers.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