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The Hungarian delegation closed the Maccabi World Games with thirty-three medals, including 6 gold, 8 silver and 19 bronze, in ...

Lajos Dömény founded the first Jewish sports club, the Hungarian Fencing and Athletic Club, otherwise known as the Maccabi VAC. ...

During the first years of its operation, VAC operated only the gymnastics and fencing department; the latter was led by ...

Between 1921 and 1926, the football players played in the top class, and as a result, some players ended up ...

Hundreds of athletes of both sexes played sports in the various divisions, and the number of members of the association ...

The adoption of anti-Jewish law put the VAC in an impossible position. The association was banned and the VAC did ...

Extreme enthusiasm was needed to restart the association after the war. Elek Klein, who has outstanding talents, became the new ...

 After all conditions and means for keeping the club open had ceased, the club closed its doors in 1949.  

An attempt was made to re-establish the association in the fifties, but the communist system made it impossible and banned ...

With the support, leadership and guidance of Michael Kevehazi, who later became president and prominent leader of the Maccabi World ...