Attila Petschauer

Attila Petschauer, 1928

Attila Petschauer (born December 14, 1904 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary , † January 30, 1943 near Dawidowka , Ukraine ( Soviet Union )) was a Hungarian fencer and journalist of Jewish descent.

Life

Petschauer was a member of Hungary's Olympic selection in 1928 in Amsterdam and in 1932 in Los Angeles , both of which won gold. He reached a second and a fifth place in the individual fight. At the International Championships in Liège in 1930 and in Vienna in 1931 , he made it to victory in the team game and in 1925 in Ostend , 1926 in Budapest , 1929 in Naples and 1930 in Liège, he came second. In 1931 he was third in Vienna. As a member of the Nemzeti Vívó Club (National Fencing Club) , he was a member of the national team 17 times; However, he never became Hungarian champion, he was fabulous The eternal second .

After retiring from sport, he worked for the daily Az Est . He was a popular figure in Budapest's artistic world in the interwar period. In 1942 he was called up as a slave laborer and abused because of his Jewish origins . He eventually died in 1943 in a labor camp in the Ukrainian village of Dawidowka.

In 1985, Petschauer was elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . His remains were allegedly found, the daily Népszabadság reported on September 17, 2005; so far it has been suspected that he is buried in a mass grave.

literature

Attila Petschauer. In: Joseph Siegman: Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Hall of Fame. Third edition. Brassey, Washington DC 2000, ISBN 1-57-488284-8 , p. 79 (with picture)
George Eisen: Attila Petschauer: An Olympic winner during the Holocaust , in: Diethelm Blecking , Lorenz Peiffer (ed.): Athletes in the "Century of the Camps". Profiteers, resistors and victims. Göttingen: Die Werkstatt, 2012, pp. 265–271

Web links

Petschauer on the website of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Attila Petschauer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
History fencing world championships (men's saber) from sport-komplett.de

Individual evidence

↑ Article about the alleged remains of Beechauer. Népszabadság, September 17, 2005, accessed August 5, 2014 (Hungarian).

personal data
SURNAME	Petschauer, Attila
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian fencer and Olympic champion, journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Budapest
DATE OF DEATH	January 30, 1943
Place of death	near Dawidowka , Ukraine

[1] Article about the alleged remains of Beechauer. Népszabadság, September 17, 2005, accessed August 5, 2014 (Hungarian).