Maccabi Düsseldorf
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Maccabi Düsseldorf is a German association football club
based in the city of Düsseldorf
, North Rhine-Westphalia
. The club was founded in 1923.
The rise to power in Germany of the Nazis in the early 30s led to discrimination against Jews and by 1933 Jewish teams were excluded from general competition and limited to play in separate leagues or tournaments. In 1938 Jewish teams were banned outright as discrimination turned to persecution.
In the aftermath of World War II Jewish sports and cultural associations eventually re-emerged in Germany with Maccabi Düsseldorf leading the way with its re-establishment in 1965. Through the 70s and 80s the club grew to include departments for basketball, gymnastics, and table tennis
.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
based in the city of Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
. The club was founded in 1923.
The rise to power in Germany of the Nazis in the early 30s led to discrimination against Jews and by 1933 Jewish teams were excluded from general competition and limited to play in separate leagues or tournaments. In 1938 Jewish teams were banned outright as discrimination turned to persecution.
In the aftermath of World War II Jewish sports and cultural associations eventually re-emerged in Germany with Maccabi Düsseldorf leading the way with its re-establishment in 1965. Through the 70s and 80s the club grew to include departments for basketball, gymnastics, and table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
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