Maccabi Berlin football team was drawn tonight (Sunday) against the great Wolfsburg in the first round of the German Cup. The game will take place in August.
Maccabi Berlin is the successor to Bar Kochba Berlin, a club established following Max Nordau's "Muscular Judaism" speech in 1898. It was established simultaneously in 14 cities across Germany, and its slogan was taken from a speech by the Zionist activist Nordau: "A healthy soul, in a healthy body."
It is important to note that in the past it was a team in which everyone was Jewish, but of course things have changed and for example, one of the most prominent players in the squad is the son of Turkish immigrants.
Maccabi Berlin celebrates with the trophy. Back to the forefront of German football, photo: Twitter
The management, of course, is still composed of Jews from the local community, as are most of the young and adult players. The beautiful story is that this is an amateur group that has returned to an active framework for the past 50 years in order to preserve its identity.
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Wolfsburg is a club that arose after the Volkswagen factory founded by none other than the Nazi enemy Adolf Hitler.
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