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As manager of the Austrian national team from 1968 to 1975, Leopold Stastny laid the foundations for the subsequent success of Austrian football. Less well known is the fact that, as a Jew in Slovakia, he was persecuted during the Nazi era and arrested under the communist regime. In 1980, he emigrated to Canada, where he died in Toronto in 1996. The exhibition is based on a production by the Museum of Jewish Culture at the Slovak National Museum in Bratislava. Over the coming months, it will be shown at several venues across Canada to honour Stastny\u2019s extraordinary life, which spanned Bratislava, Innsbruck, Vienna and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leopold Stastny \u2013 Survivor, Legendary Soccer Manager &amp; Immigrant in Canada<\/strong><br>until 19.07.2026<br>Culture Forum Ottawa<br><a href=\"https:\/\/austriakulturinternational.at\">https:\/\/austriakulturinternational.at<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>until 19.07.2026 To mark the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Austria Vancouver Club in Richmond, BC, is hosting the exhibition \u2018Leopold Stastny \u2013 Survivor, Visionary, Legendary Football Manager &amp; Immigrant in Canada\u2019. As manager of the Austrian national team from 1968 to 1975, Leopold Stastny laid the foundations for the subsequent success of Austrian football. 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