Essay On Sports During The Holocaust

Sports during the Holocaust are still the same today. Just like today, sports were very played during the Holocaust. The same sports played at this time were also included during the Holocaust. In the 1900’s there were many professional players playing in every country in Europe, but while they competed many players were not allowed any more after the Holocaust had ended.

Before the Holocaust the Jewish had competed in many different types of sports. The sports included boxing, cycling, diving, fencing, field hockey, football, gymnastics, handball, rowing, table tennis, and volleyball, there was also a swimming team. Some of the Olympics were done in London. Thier exhibits included archival photographs. Their pictures were just like any other school would take, like they get together and take a picture as a team. They were depicting between the Jewish sporting life before the Holocaust and communities across Europe. in 1923 there was an olympics in Amsterdam, Karpati, Greco- Roman was one of the players who competed against other countries.

The athletics during the Holocaust were grouped up, were took to prisons and had been killed during that time. The Jews were also one of the five other countries competing and to receive an individual gold medal in all of the Berlin Games played.

After the Holocaust the Olympics were not the same anymore. Britain had put themselves to host the Olympics. By that time they could choose who they wanted to host, but were not allowed to do that before and after the Holocaust. In July 26 1948 to August 14 1948 the host took place in London and in Great Britain. Britain was allowed to compete, many countries sent athletes to compete, but a lot of other countries weren’t. Japan nor Germany were allowed. The USSR wouldn’t send athletes to compete since 1922 and still didn’t until