The "Maccabi" Sports Association in Vilna ran soccer, cycling, sailing, athletics, chess and even drama groups. The Association held courses for instructors and gymnastics teachers, and set up branches in the outlying towns of Swienciany, Lida, Iwje, and Glubokoye. The sailing department received a plot of land by the River Vilia, where they erected a building and swimming pool, and sailed 50 boats along the river.
"Maccabi" established a 70-man choir, as well as wind and mandolin orchestras. The Association also operated a clubhouse and reading room, and held lectures about sport.
From the photographs found in the pockets of murdered Jews in the Klooga camp after liberation. Most of the photographs were taken in Vilna before the war.
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From the photographs found in the pockets of murdered Jews in the Klooga camp after liberation. Most of the photographs were taken in Vilna before the war.
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From the photographs found in the pockets of murdered Jews in the Klooga camp after liberation. Most of the photographs were taken in Vilna before the war.
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Shepsel was born in 1914 in Vilna and worked as a car mechanic. He was murdered at Klooga in September 1944.
From the photographs found in the pockets of murdered Jews in the Klooga camp after liberation. Most of the photographs were taken in Vilna before the war.
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From the photographs found in the pockets of murdered Jews in the Klooga camp after liberation. Most of the photographs were taken in Vilna before the war.
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Among the team: Hershman, Natke Berke and Michke Chanke
From the photographs found in the pockets of murdered Jews in the Klooga camp after liberation. Most of the photographs were taken in Vilna before the war.
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He was born in 1914 in Vilna, and was murdered in the Klooga camp.
From the photographs found in the pockets of murdered Jews in the Klooga camp after liberation. Most of the photographs were taken in Vilna before the war.
Courtesy of the Central Historic Museum in Estonia
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 4068/88
