The First Maccabiah Games – Important Collection of Documents – Opening Ceremony Program, Drafts of the Maccabiah ...

The First Maccabiah Games – Important Collection of Documents – Opening Ceremony Program, Drafts of the Maccabiah Regulations, Official Leaflets and More
Ten documents recording the preparations for the first Maccabiah Games in Palestine. Palestine and Europe, 1932. Hebrew, English, German, French and Arabic.
Including: · "The Arrangements for the Opening Ceremony, 29.3.1932" – a detailed plan for the first Maccabiah Games opening ceremony procession, which was to include motorcyclists, horsemen and flag bearers, an orchestra, and the athletic teams, with sketches of their placement in the stadium and the text of the opening announcement of the games.
· Four drafts of the Maccabiah regulations: proposal of the worldwide center of Maccabi, proposal of the Palestinian center of Maccabi, proposal by the Jewish Olympic swimmer Július Baláž (in German) and a draft incorporating articles from all three proposals. The drafts contain regulations dealing with the terms of participation, sport branches and games, prizes, a plan for winter Maccabiah Games and more.
· "Motorcyclists' stunts" – fifteen charts for the motorcycling show performed at the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games. Hand-drawn on three pages, two of them signed in the margin: "Shlomo Arazi, 24.2.1932" (Arazi was the secretary-general of Maccabi in Palestine and a founder of various motorcyclists' organizations in Palestine).
· Issues nos. 1 and 2 of the Maccabiade Bulletin, the official bulletin of the Maccabiah Games issued by the Palestinian branch of Maccabi. February, 1932. English.
· And more.
Handwritten corrections and additions on some items.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.