1933 Maccabiah Games

International winter sports event thumb|Publicity label for 1933 Zakopane Winter Maccabiah Games February 2014 1st Winter Maccabiah 200px Zakopane, Poland 8 250 February 2, 1933 February 5, 1933 Wielka Krokiew, Zakopane 1st Maccabiah 2nd Maccabiah 2nd Winter Maccabiah The 1st Winter Maccabiah (he מכביית החורף הראשונה; pl Pierwsza zimowa Makabiada) was held in Zakopane,JEWISH LIFE IN THE PODHALE DISTRICT http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Nowy_targ/now005.html 23 February 2014 Anna Pollak-Fass May 8, 2006 Poland from February 2 to 5, 1933.http://img2.timg.co.il/communafiles/54423265.jpg yi:נישטו לורד מלצ'ט! Nicht Lord Melchett! 22 February 2014 Yiddish 1933 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051453/http://img2.timg.co.il/communafiles/54423265.jpg dead Coincidentally, the opening ceremony took place two days after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor (January 30, 1933). History Following the successful games of the 1st Maccabiah in 1932, there was a growing interest in winter sports among the European nations. The Maccabi federation of Poland was in charge of organizing the Winter Maccabiah.Rokicki Jarosław Makabiady https://www.rp.pl/artykul/224208.html Rzeczpospolita 22 February 2014 Polish November 24, 2008 In the 1930s, that federation was strongest pillar of the Maccabi World Union, consisting of 30,000 Jewish athletes members. The games were met with great opposition;Maccabi Movement http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Maccabi_Movement YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 22 February 2014 2010 the Gazeta Warszawska newspaper encouraged Polish youth to intervene during the games to prevent the "Jewification of Polish winter sports venues".Mendelsohn, Ezra :he:עזרא מנדלסון Jews and the Sporting Life : Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII 26 March 31, 2009 Oxford University Press 978-0195382914 Opening ceremony thumb|Opening Ceremony of the 1st Winter Maccabiah in Zakopane The opening ceremony for the games took place at the Stadium in Zakopane on February 2, 1933. Lord Melchett, honorary president of the World Maccabi Organization, did not attend the ceremony; instead he sent his blessing and an apology - a large statue depicting the persecution of Jews resistance to antisemitism through the ages. Participating communities Jewish athletes from 8 nations participated; most notably, no athletes from Eretz Yisrael took part in the games. The number in parentheses indicates the number of athletes in the delegation. 18em Austria Czechoslovakia Free City of Danzig Germany Weimar Kingdom of Italy civil Poland (150) Norway Kingdom of Yugoslavia Games highlights Poland received the most medals in the first winter Maccabiah; Some of the wins include I. Wahrenhaupt (Men's 18 km cross-country skiing), Szwarcbard (Women's 8 km cross-country skiing), M. Enker (Male Luge), R. Enker (Women Luge), G. Bergler (figure skating), H. Mückenbrun (Downhill), and Women's 3×5 kilometer relay. The 1st Winter Maccabiah also hosted the first international Maccabiah hockey tournament. Table Nation Points POL Poland 131 TCH Czechoslovakia 32 AUT Austria 29 ROM Romania 8 Nowy Dziennik. 1933, nr 39 References Category:Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games Category:Multi-sport events in Poland Category:Sports competitions in Zakopane