Hakoah Berlin was a German association football club from the city of

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established 22 July 1905 as ''Sport-Club Hakoah Berlin''. In 1929, ''Hakoah'' merged with ''Jüdischer Turnverein Bar Kochba Berlin'' (established 22 October 1898) to create ''Jüdischer Turn- und Sportverein Bar-Kochba-Hakoah''. The rise to power in Germany of the

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in the early 1930s led to discrimination against Jews and by 1933 Jewish teams were excluded from general competition and limited to play in separate leagues or tournaments. In 1938 Jewish teams were banned outright as discrimination turned to persecution and ''JTSV'' was lost. In the aftermath of World War II Jewish sports and cultural associations eventually reemerged in Germany and ''SC Hakoah Berlin'' was reestablished 21 June 1945. On 28 April 1953, the club was renamed ''Spielvereinigung Vineta 05 Berlin''. ''SpVgg'' joined '' Corso 99 Berlin'' in 1972 to create ''SC Corso 99/Vineta Berlin'' which in turn merged with ''Weddinger FC 08'' to form present-day side '' Weddinger FC Corso 99/Vineta''.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. .

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