Jewish Sports Club "Hakoah" Jüdischer Sportklub "Hakoah," Graz (Fond 676)

Identifier
irn611864
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0085.1.55
  • RG-11.001M.55
Dates
1 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn611864

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

  • Athletic clubs.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Austria--History--20th century.
  • Publishers and publishing--Austria--History--20th century.
  • Jews--Austria--Societies and clubs.
  • Jews--Austria--Vienna--History--20th century.
  • Austria--Politics and government--1933-1945.
  • Graz (Austria)

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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