JOURNAL OF OF JOURNAL O LYMPIC HISTORY HISTORY LYMPIC VOLUME 28 | NUMBER 2 2020 VOLUME 28 | NUMBER NUMBER THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF OLYMPIC HIstoRIANS 2 | 2020 ANTWERP 1920: P ROOF OF THE VI A BILITY OF THE O LYMPIC M O V EMENT EMENT Antwerp 1920: Proof of the Viability of the Olympic Movement + Rise of the Reich in Mandate Palestine: NSDAP, Jerusalem YMCA, “Participation” of Attallah Kidess + Those Elusive Rome Olympics: Pre-History and Preparation of the 1960 Games + Scotland and Scottish Identity at the 1908 Olympics + Olympic Films 1998-2018: Emphasis on Human-Interest Stories + The 1908 Olympic Individual Gymnastics Competition Contents 46 Scotland and Scottish Identity at the 1908 Olympics 1 Welcome to the Issue | by Luke J. Harris 2 Message from the President 55 Letter to the Editor 3 “The Post-Corona World Needs Sport 56 The 1908 Olympic Individual Gymnastics to Overcome the Crisis” Competition 136th IOC Session in virtual format | by Bill Mallon, Hilary Evans, and the ­OlyMADMen 4 Minutes ISOH Executive Board Meeting 58 Those Elusive Rome Olympics: 17 June 2020 Pre-History and Preparation of the 1960 Games | by David Wallechinsky | by Pasquale Polo and Elmer Sterken 6 Antwerp 1920: Proof of the Viability 68 Biographies of All IOC Members, Part XXXIII of the Olympic Movement | by Marcia De Franceschi Neto-Wacker and Volker Kluge | by Volker Kluge 72 Obituaries 20 Rise of the Reich in Mandate Palestine: The NSDAP, Jerusalem YMCA, and 76 Book Reviews “Participation” of Attallah Kidess in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games | by San Charles Haddad 36 Olympic Films 1998-2018: Emphasis on Human-Interest Stories | by David Wallechinsky Dr, Haverhill MA, 01835, UNITED STATES; Phone: GRECO Marco Mr. Member Information +19783191069; Specific Olympic Research Interests: New Address: Via Monte Nero 19, 20064 Olympic ceremonies, torch relay, medal design, Gorgonzola, ITALY. 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