1935 Maccabiah Games

1935 Maccabiah Games

Maccabiah Infobox
Name = Games of the II Maccabiah

Size = 150
Optional caption =
Opening city = Tel Aviv, Palestine
Nations participating = 27
Athletes participating = 1,700
Events =
Opening ceremony =
Closing ceremony =
Officially opened by =
Stadium = Maccabiah StadiumThe 1935 Maccabiah Games were the second Maccabiah ever held.

Delegations from Italy, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, France and South Africa arrived for the first time.

In boxing, Ben Bril, Olympian and 8-time national champion, won a gold medal for the Netherlands. During the Holocaust, he was later interned at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

All 350 members of the Bulgarian delegation stayed in Palestine after the games. [http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Eye+on+Israel/Sport+in+Israel/Rule+Britannia+The+British+Influence+and+the+Maccabiah+Games.htm]

Participating Communities

The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that community contributed.

Medal count

External links

;Unofficial
* [http://www.jewishsports.net/the_maccabiah_games.htm Summaries of each of the Games]
* [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/maccabiah_05.html Jewish Virtual Library]
* [http://www.maccabiworld.org/ntext.asp?psn=13026 "The Second Maccabiah: 5695; April 2 to April 10, 1935]
* [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3108407,00.html "'Maccabiah saved my life'; Hirschler, water polo player from Hungary, was invited to 1935 Maccabiah; his decision to stay saved him from Nazis," 7/7/05]


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