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The commemoration took place hours before Poland's Euro 2020 qualifier match against Israel in Warsaw, during a ceremony organised by the From the Depths Holocaust commemoration group.
During the ceremony the Director of the Polish Football Association Janusz Basałaj presented Klotz's nephew with a jersey bearing Klotz's name and number, signed by all the current members of the Polish national team, and a photo book showing the history of the national team from 1921 to 2018.
Basałaj said that he hoped Klotz's legacy would help remind people that Poland was a country of many cultures, religion and tolerance.
Klotz's nephew Yoav Dekel, who attended the ceremony with his son, said that soccer should help bring people together.
Klotz scored a penalty kick in the 27th minute of the team's third international match against Sweden in May 1922, helping Poland to win the game 2-1.
He was murdered in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1941.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English, Reuters