Hakoach long jump certificate of Walter Schwenk
Gift of Michael D. Lissner
Id no. 2009.A.56, Document
The text translates: Sports association >Hakoah< O.-S.[Upper Silesia?], at the Hakoah sports meet which took place on June 9th 1929, Schwenk, Bar-Kochba Bresl. gained the I. Prize in long jumping of youth B., Beuthen O.-S., June 9th 1929. Judges.
Many Zionist groups emphasized sports and physical skills in their effort to prepare Jews for building new lives in a renewed homeland in Palestine.
Many Zionist groups emphasized sports and physical skills in their effort to prepare Jews for building new lives in a renewed homeland in Palestine.
