Jewish Sports Club"Hakoa" Jüdischer Sportklub"Hakoah" Graz (Fond 676)
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Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
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Jewish Sports Club"Hakoa"
Jüdischer Sportklub"Hakoah" Graz (Fond 676)
1 microfilm reel (partial), 16 mm
54 digital images, JPEG
Source archive holds Club newsletters, financial statements, letters and correspondence between club members, other organizations and insurance companies; includes an appeal to the club members to assume a broader role in defending Jews from persecution. Also includes the issues of the club bulletin, 1936-1938, and an issue of the Vienna sport Magazine"Stadio", 1933. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.
Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
Fond 676 (1929-1938). Opis 1-2; Dela 32. Selected records arranged in one series: 1. Jewish Sport Club newsletters (1938 and undated) and other Club documents. Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reel #97: Image #171-225.
The Jewish Sports Club, Hakoah was founded in Graz in 1919. In 1931, the club had more than 400 active members sympathetic to Zionism. The club had several sport sections: handball, chess, gymnastics, tennis, swimming, and winter sport. The Hakoah club in Gratz was closed after the Nazi Anschluss of Austria 1938.