Athletics

Franz Orgler, a track and field athlete at the Maccabi Berlin International Sports Day. Berlin, Germany, 1935
Franz Orgler, a track and field athlete at the Maccabi Berlin International Sports Day. Berlin, Germany, 1935.
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Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/808
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Runner Rolf Helmut Werthen crossing the finish line to come first place.  Berlin, 4 July 1935.
Photographed at the light athletics tournament in Berlin, on the Grunewald sports field. Athletes from "Bar Kochba" and "Blau Weiss" took part.
Rolf Helmut Werthen was born in 1909 in Berlin.  He was an athlete and sports coach in the "Bar-Kochba" club. In April 1935 he took part in the Maccabia in Eretz Israel (Mandatory Palestine), and competed in the 1,500m and 10,000m events. Werthen was single. According to the Page of Testimony submitted in his memory by his cousin, Dr. Hans, Eilling, Werther was murdered, presumably during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, together with his parents, Ignatz and Helena.
This photograph forms part of the Herbert Sonnenfeld Collection, a photographic documentation of prewar Jewish life in Germany.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/2069
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
"Hakoach" Będzin's first athletics team. Poland, early 1920s
"Hakoach" Będzin's first athletics team. Poland, early 1920s.
Standing from right: Borzykowski, Sztajnberg, Meloch, Gutman, Meloch, Oltusz, Winer, Sztajnberger, Plesner.
Kneeling: T. Kokotek, Cukerman and Poltorak.
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Courtesy of Adam Szydłowski, Będzin, Poland
Berlin, Germany, 04/07/1937, Ingeborg Mello, winner of the shot-put competition at a Jewish sports tournament
Berlin, Germany, 04/07/1937, Ingeborg Mello, winner of the shot-put competition at a Jewish sports tournament.
Ingeborg Mello was born in Germany and received her training in the "Juedische Sportgemeinschaft 33" in Berlin. In 1938, at the age of 19, Mello emigrated from Germany to Argentina. She became one of the most prominent female athletes in the country, dominating in shot-put, discus and javelin.
Generally, Jews from Germany in Argentina were deemed to be "enemy aliens" and could not acquire Argentinean citizenship but an exception was made so that she would be able to represent her adopted country in international sporting events.
She represented Argentina at both the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympic Games.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/2069
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany, 16/6/1935, Blank (first name unknown), in the high-jump event at the Maccabi Berlin International Sports Day
Berlin, Germany, 16/6/1935, Blank (first name unknown), in the high-jump event at the Maccabi Berlin International Sports Day.
The sports day took place at the Grunewald sports field and focused on track and field and boxing events. This was the first meeting between athletes from "Maccabi" and from the "Reichsbund Juedischer Frontsoldaten" (The Reich Union of Jewish Frontline Troops), along with athletes from the "Hagibor" organization from Prague.
Courtesy Juedischen Museum Im Stadtmuseum , Berlin
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/838
Berlin, Germany, 16/6/1935, a track competition at the Maccabi Berlin International Sports Day
Berlin, Germany, 16/6/1935, a track competition at the Maccabi Berlin International Sports Day.
The sports day took place at the Grunewald sports field and focused on track and field and boxing events. This was the first meeting between athletes from "Maccabi" and from the "Reichsbund Juedischer Frontsoldaten" (The Reich Union of Jewish Frontline Troops), along with athletes from the "Hagibor" organization from Prague.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/842
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany, 1937, the shot-put event at the "Bar-Kochba" international sports games with the participation of "Hakoach Vienna"
Berlin, Germany, 1937, the shot-put event at the "Bar-Kochba" international sports games with the participation of "Hakoach Vienna". The games took place at the Grunewald field and included soccer, handball and hockey.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/2152
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany, Prewar, sports events: High-jump
Berlin, Germany, Prewar, sports events: High-jump.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/2149
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Germany, August 1937, a long jump event at a "Maccabi" track and field competition
Germany, August 1937, a long jump event at a "Maccabi" track and field competition.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/2103
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany, 16/6/1935, Frankenstein, Dreyer and Orgler. Track and field athletes at the Maccabi Berlin International Sports Day
Berlin, Germany, 16/6/1935, Frankenstein, Dreyer and Orgler. Track and field athletes at the Maccabi Berlin International Sports Day.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/823
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany, a men’s shot-put competition at a Jewish sports tournament, 04/07/1937
Berlin, Germany, a men’s shot-put competition at a Jewish sports tournament, 04/07/1937. A sports festival for track and field athletes of Berlin on 04/07/1937 at the Grunewald sports field with the participation of athletes from the “Bar-Kochba” and “Blau Weiss” movements.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/2071
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany, Prewar, Sport event: a race
Berlin, Germany, Prewar, Sport event: a race.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/2151
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany, Prewar, Sport event: a race
Berlin, Germany, Prewar, Sport event: a race.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/2175
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Munich, Germany, Runners from the "Bar Kochba" group in training, 1932
Munich, Germany, Runners from the "Bar Kochba" group in training, 1932.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives FA195/C92
Berlin, Germany, 16/6/1935, Lewin won the men’s 100 meter race at the Maccabi Berlin International Sports Day
Berlin, Germany, 16/6/1935, Lewin won the men’s 100 meter race at the Maccabi Berlin International Sports Day. Schattmann came in second place, Aufrichtig came in third place and Gerson in fourth place.
The sports day took place at the Grunewald sports field and focused on track and field and boxing events. This was the first meeting between athletes from "Maccabi" and from the "Reichsbund Juedischer Frontsoldaten" (The Reich Union of Jewish Frontline Troops), along with athletes from the "Hagibor" organization from Prague.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/836
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany. Race that took place as part of the Maccabi sport association events in Germany, November-December 1936
Berlin, Germany. Race that took place as part of the Maccabi sport association events in Germany, November-December 1936.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/1242
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany, 16/6/1935, Martel Yakob, from Maccabi, with a javelin at the Maccabi Berlin International Sports Day
Berlin, Germany, 16/6/1935, Martel Yakob, from Maccabi, with a javelin at the Maccabi Berlin International Sports Day.
The sports day took place at the Grunewald sports field and focused on track and field and boxing events. This was the first meeting between athletes from "Maccabi" and from the "Reichsbund Juedischer Frontsoldaten"(The Reich Union of Jewish Frontline Troops), along with athletes from the "Hagibor" organization from Prague.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/839
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany, August 1937, a javelin event at a "Maccabi" track and field competition
Berlin, Germany, August 1937, a javelin event at a "Maccabi" track and field competition.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/2100
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany, Prewar, Sport event: Javelin
Berlin, Germany, Prewar, Sport event: Javelin.
In the background are various flags, among them the Maccabi and the Bar Kochba sport associations' flags.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/2163
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany, 04/07/1937, Klaus Pfoertner, winner of the javelin competiton at a Jewish sports tournament
Berlin, Germany, 04/07/1937, Klaus Pfoertner, winner of the javelin competiton at a Jewish sports tournament.
A sports festival for track and field athletes of Berlin on 04/07/1937 at the Grunewald sports field was held with the participation of athletes from the “Bar-Kochba” and “Blau Weiss” movements.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/2079
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany, 1937, Selma Schulmann in the shot-put event at the "Bar-Kochba" international sports games with the participation of "Hakoach Vienna"
Berlin, Germany, 1937, Selma Schulmann in the shot-put event at the "Bar-Kochba" international sports games with the participation of "Hakoach Vienna". The games took place at the Grunewald field and included soccer, handball and hockey.
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 5409/2234
Courtesy of Juedisches Museum Berlin