1936 Maccabiah Games

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2nd Winter Maccabiah
1st Winter Maccabiah

The 2nd Winter

Maccabiah (Hebrew: מכביית החורף השנייה) was the second edition of the Winter Maccabiah that took place from February 18 to 22, 1936 in Banská Bystrica, (then Czechoslovakia).[1][3] The 2nd Winter Maccabiah was the last Winter Maccabiah to be held and the last Maccabiah to be outside of Israel, although Maccabi
still holds smaller regional winter games to present day.

History

After the

collapse of Communism in 1989 that new Maccabi clubs were re-established in these areas.[4] In 1996, on the sixtieth anniversary of the 2nd Winter Maccabiah, the Maccabi club of the Jewish community of Banská Bystrica established its own annual commemorative winter games.[5]

Participating communities

12 nations participated.[2]

Bronze medal from the winter games in Banska Bystrica, 1936, in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland’s collection.

References

  1. ^ a b "History: 1930s". Maccabi Canada. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Austria Wins Skiing Event in Winter Maccabiah". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. February 21, 1936. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "JEWISH OLYMPICS BANSKA. BYSTRICA, Czecho slovakia". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. February 18, 1936.
  4. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
    . Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  5. ^ "Židovská náboženská obec so sídlom v Banskej Bystrici" (in Polish).
  6. ^ a b "Kalendarium historii sportu żydowskiego". warszawa.pl (in Polish). Retrieved August 6, 2014.