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The Bar Kochba Club, Berlin 1902
The "Bar Kochba (B.K.)/ HaKoach" Jewish athletics club of Berlin (1902) was one of many Jewish sports organizations at the turn of the century seeking, on one hand, to emulate the non-Jewish and often anti-semitic sports fraternities and, on the other, to revive Jewish pride. Clubs were named after ancient military heroes, like the Maccabees and Bar Kochba, the tough guerrilla fighter who led the last revolt against Roman rule in 132 CE (Bildarchiv Preussicher Kulturbesitz, Berlin).