1936 Maccabiah Games

The 2nd Winter Maccabiah (Hebrew: מכביית החורף השנייה‎) was the second edition of the Winter Maccabiah that took place from February 18 to 22 of 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.

2nd Winter Maccabiah

Poster of the 2nd Winter Maccbiah Games (1936)
Host city	Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia[1]
Nations participating	12[2]
Athletes participating	2,000[2]
Opening ceremony	February 18
Closing ceremony	February 22
Summer
Winter

History

After the 1st Winter Maccabiah which took place in 1933, a second Winter Maccabiah was organized for 1936. Banská Bystrica was chosen to host the Games. Over 2,000 Jewish athletes participated in the games. Following the Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, no further games were ever held. It wasn't until 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]

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•  Austria[2]
•  Czechoslovakia[2]
•  Free City of Danzig[6]
•  Poland[6]

References

1. "History: 1930s". Maccabi Canada. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
2. "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. "Maccabi Movement". YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
5. "Židovská náboženská obec so sídlom v Banskej Bystrici" (in Polish).
6. "Kalendarium historii sportu żydowskiego". warszawa.pl (in Polish). Retrieved August 6, 2014.