Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.409.12.94
Object Name
Poster
Title
Would You Play Football in a Concentration Camp? / Stop the match of shame / Say no to the Scotland v Chile Match on June 15
People
Scottish Football Team 1977
Events
Scotland v Chile football match; Scotland's "Match of Shame" 1977; Chilean Coup
Date
around 1977
Description
Poster, "Would You Play Football in a Concentration Camp? Stop the Match of Shame. Say 'no' to the Scotland v Chile matc on June 15"
The poster is yellow, with a black and white image of soldiers within The National Stadium in Santiago, Chile, when it was being used to hold political prisoners following the Chilean Coup. Above is the first line of the title, and below the remaining lines, along with a label for the photo "The Pitch, The National Stadium, Santiago, Chile".
The poster is opposing a national football game by Scotland against Chile during the military dictatorship of Pinochet. The main issue that the poster raises is for the game to be played in the National Stadium in Santiago, which was used to round up and hold political prisoners following the Chilean Coup. During this time, many of the prisoners were tortured and murdered by the military forces. The poster makes the point of likening the stadium to a concentration camp, invoking images of Nazi-Occupied Europe and the horrors undertaken there, to show the similar human rights abuses undertaken by Pinochet's government.
