The Winter Games – Makkabi Winter Spiele – 2-5.II.1933, illustrated poster. Kraków: Akropol, 1933.
Illustrated poster for the First Maccabi Winter Games, held in the city of Zakopane, Poland; depicting a ski jumper against a snowy mountain background, with the Maccabi emblem and national flags. Signed in the plate: Greschler.
The Games opened in Zakopane in the winter following the First Maccabiah in Palestine, with the participation of some 400 Jewish athletes from nine countries: Austria, Italy, Germany, Danzig, Yugoslavia, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Poland. Coincidentally, the event began only three days after Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor of Germany (30 January 1933) and took place under an atmosphere of antisemitism and strong opposition from the local population (the Polish press even published calls to prevent the Games and disrupt them). The Maccabi Association organized only one more Winter Maccabiah, in 1935; thereafter, the Winter Games were not held for nearly a century, until their revival in 2023.
69X101.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Several tears and small holes (restored). Mounted on linen for display and preservation.
