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II Maccabi World Winter Games 1936 Document - Official philatelic commemorative sheet "II Maccabi World Winter Games 1936 Banská Bystrica". 28.5x22 cm With special stamps! --folded. Very rare!!! The 2nd Winter Maccabiah was the second edition of the Winter Maccabiah that took place from February 18 to 22, 1936 in Banská Bystrica, (then Czechoslovakia).[1][3] Until 2023, the 2nd Winter Maccabiah was the last Winter Maccabiah to be held and the last Maccabiah to be outside of Israel. After the 1st Winter Maccabiah which took place in 1933, a second Winter Maccabiah was organized for 1936. Banská Bystrica was chosen to host the Games. Over 2,000 Jewish athletes participated in the games. Following the Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, no further games were ever held. It wasn't until the collapse of Communism in 1989 that new Maccabi clubs were re-established in these areas. Condition: C

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