Lion van Minden

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The name of the daughter Gertrude van Minden on the memorial plaque in the former Maison de Bonneterie

Lion van Minden (born June 10, 1880 in Amsterdam ; died September 6, 1944 in Auschwitz ) was a Dutch fencer and Olympian.

biography

Lion van Minden was the son of Abraham Lion van Minden (1850-1915) and Branca Ziekenoppasser (1855-1943). He was married to Esther Mina Schlossberg (1893–1945), a native of Wilhelmshaven . The couple married in London in 1911 and had a daughter, Gertrude.

In 1908 van Minden started as a fencer with the saber at the Olympic Games in London , where he was eliminated in the first round. The following year he became the first Dutch champion in foil fencing . At that time he was a member of the Dutch military and a member of the Koninklijke Officiers Schermbond in The Hague . He later lived in his native Amsterdam and worked as a commercial agent in the civilian profession.

Lion van Minden was of Jewish origin. At an unknown point in time, he was deported and murdered in Auschwitz on September 6, 1944. His wife died on May 31, 1945 in Bergen-Belsen . Their daughter Gertrude perished in Auschwitz in 1943, as did their 88-year-old grandmother Branca. Gertrude van Minden was an employee of the Maison de Bonneterie fashion store . Her name can be found on a plaque in one of the company's previous buildings in The Hague, commemorating the mostly Jewish employees who were murdered between 1940 and 1945. Gertrude van Minden's husband Alexander Maijkels died in 1945, his place of death is unknown, his date of death is given as May 24th (presumably determined by the authorities).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Family tree of the van Minden family
  2. ↑ a b London and Amsterdam. In: joodsmonument.nl. February 28, 2006, accessed November 14, 2018 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ Schermen. In: olympisch.info. Retrieved November 14, 2018 .
  4. ^ Esther Mina van Minden-Schlossberg. In: joodsmonument.nl. Retrieved November 14, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Gertrude Maijkels-van Minden. In: joodsmonument.nl. August 16, 1918, accessed November 14, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Alexander Maijkels. In: joodsmonument.nl. December 9, 1905, accessed November 14, 2018 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Minden, Lion van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch fencer
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1944
Place of death Auschwitz concentration camp