Jewish Sports Club "Hakoah" Jüdischer Sportklub "Hakoah," Graz (Fond 676)
Extent and Medium
1 microfilm reel (partial), 16 mm
54 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Jüdischer Sportklub "Hakoah"
Biographical History
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.
Archival History
Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Russian State Military Archive (Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv), Fond 676. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 1993.
Scope and Content
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 "Stadion", 1933. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.
System of Arrangement
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.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
People
- Jüdischer Sportklub "Hakoah"
Subjects
- Jews--Austria--Vienna--History--20th century.
- Publishers and publishing--Austria--History--20th century.
- Austria--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Jews--Persecutions--Austria--History--20th century.
- Graz (Austria)
- Athletic clubs.
- Jews--Austria--Societies and clubs.
Genre
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence.
- Document