List of Olympians who died in Nazi concentration camps

This list includes Olympians who perished in Nazi concentration camps . Nationality refers to the time at which the Olympiad in question took place.

Surname	nationality	Type of sport / year of participation in the Olympics	Life dates	Place of death	image
Estella Agsteribbe	Netherlands	Gymnastics / 1928	1909-1943	Auschwitz concentration camp
József Braun	Hungary	Soccer / 1924	1901-1943	Labor camp (Horthy regime)
Thierry de Briey	Belgium	Show jumping / 1920	1895-1945	Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Józef Broel-Plater	Poland	Bobsleigh / 1928	1890-1941	Dachau concentration camp
Josef Charous	Czechoslovakia	Equestrian / 1924 , 1928	1894-1943	Auschwitz concentration camp
Cornelis Compter	Netherlands	Weightlifting / 1928	1894-1945	Gusen concentration camp
Bronislaw Czech	Poland	various winter sports / 1928 , 1932 , 1936	1908-1944	Auschwitz concentration camp
Alfred Flatow	German Empire	Gymnastics / 1896	1869-1942	Theresienstadt ghetto
Gustav Felix Flatow	German Empire	Gymnastics / 1896 , 1900	1875-1945	Theresienstadt ghetto
János Garay	Hungary	Fencing / 1924 , 1928	1889-1945	Gusen concentration camp
Oszkár Gerde	Hungary	Fencing / 1908 , 1912	1883-1944	Gusen concentration camp
František faithful	Czechoslovakia	Water Polo / 1928		deported, place of death unknown
Isidore Goudeket	Netherlands	Gymnastics / 1908	1883-1943	Sobibor extermination camp
Győző Halmos	Hungary	Gymnastics / 1912	1889-1945	Gusen concentration camp
Karel Hartmann	Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey / 1920	1884-1944	Auschwitz concentration camp
Oskar Hekš	Czechoslovakia	Marathon run / 1932	1908-1944	Auschwitz concentration camp
Otto Herschmann	Empire of Austria	Fencing , swimming / 1896 , 1906 , 1912	1877-1942	Sobibor extermination camp
Felix Hess	Netherlands	Art competition / 1928	1878-1943	Sobibor extermination camp
Julius Hirsch	German Empire	Soccer / 1912	1892-1945	Auschwitz concentration camp
Milutin Ivković	Yugoslavia	Soccer / 1928	1906-1943	Jajinci concentration camp
Mozes Jacobs	Netherlands	Gymnastics / 1928	1905-1943	Sobibor extermination camp
Jiří Jesenský	Czechoslovakia	Fencing / 1936	1905–194?	Sobibor extermination camp
Roman Cantor	Poland	Fencing / 1936	1912-1943	Majdanek concentration camp
Gerrit Kleerekoper	Netherlands	Gymnastics Trainer / 1928	1897-1943	Sobibor extermination camp
Ernst Koenigsgarten	Austria-Hungary	Fencing / 1906	1880-1942	Theresienstadt ghetto
Józef Krudowski	Poland	Art competition / 1932	1881-1943	Auschwitz concentration camp
Julien Lehouck	Belgium	Short distance run , long jump / 1920	1896-1944	Transitional camp Breendonk
Heinz Levy	Netherlands	Boxing / 1924	1904-1944	Auschwitz concentration camp
Imre Mándi	Hungary	Boxing / 1936	1916-1945	Labor camp (Horthy regime)
Elias Melkman	Netherlands	Gymnastics / 1928	1903-1942	Auschwitz concentration camp
Lion van Minden	Netherlands	Fencing / 1908	1880-1944	Auschwitz concentration camp
Abraham Mok	Netherlands	Gymnastics / 1908	1888-1944	Auschwitz concentration camp
Jacob van Moppes	Netherlands	Wrestling / 1908	1876-1943	Sobibor extermination camp
Vojtech Neményi	Czechoslovakia	Water Polo / 1924	1899-1945	Engerau camp
Jozef Noji	Poland	Middle Distance Run / 1936	1909-1943	Auschwitz concentration camp
Lea Nordheim	Netherlands	Gymnastics / 1928	1903-1943	Sobibor extermination camp
Simon Okker	Netherlands	Fencing / 1906 , 1908	1881-1944	Auschwitz concentration camp
Abraham de Oliveira	Netherlands	Gymnastics / 1908	1884-1943	Sobibor extermination camp
František Pecháček	Czechoslovakia	Gymnastics / 1920	1896-1944	Gusen concentration camp
Attila Petschauer	Hungary	Fencing / 1928 , 1932	1904-1943	Zavidovo labor camp
To Polak	Netherlands	Gymnastics / 1928	1906-1943	Sobibor extermination camp
Marcel Pourchier	France	Military sport / 1928	1897-1944	Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
Paolo Salvi	Italy	Gymnastics / 1912 , 1920	1891-1944	Gusen concentration camp
Richard Schoemaker	Netherlands	Fencing / 1908	1886-1942	Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Werner Seelenbinder	German Empire	Wrestling / 1936	1904-1944	various concentration camps, execution in the Brandenburg prison
Judikje Simons	Netherlands	Gymnastics / 1928	1904-1943	Sobibor extermination camp
Jonas Slier	Netherlands	Gymnastics / 1908	1886-1942	Auschwitz concentration camp
Leon Sperling	Poland	Soccer / 1924	1901-1941	Lviv ghetto
Ilya Szrajbman	Poland	Swimming / 1936	1907-1943	Majdanek concentration camp
András Székely	Hungary	Swimming / 1932	1909-1943	Majdanek concentration camp	Labor camp in Chernihiv
Bogdan Tošović	Yugoslavia	Water Polo / 1936	1918-1941	Jadovno concentration camp
Ernest Toussaint	Luxembourg	Boxing / 1936	1908-1942	SS special camp in Hinzert
Antal Vágó	Hungary	Soccer / 1912	1891-1944	unknown
Martial Van Schelle	Belgium	Swimming , bobsleigh / 1920 , 1924 , 1928 , 1936	1899-1943	Transitional camp Breendonk
Pierre Versteegh	Netherlands	Dressage / 1928 , 1936	1888-1942	Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Lorenzo Vitria	Spain	Boxing / 1924	1908-1941	Gusen concentration camp
Hans van Walsem	Netherlands	Rowing / 1936	1916-1943	Neuengamme concentration camp
Rémi Weil	France	Diving , swimming / 1920 , 1924	1899-1943	Auschwitz concentration camp
Gerardus van der Wel	Netherlands	Middle Distance Run / 1920	1895-1945	Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Israel Wijnschenk	Netherlands	Gymnastics / 1928	1895-1943	Auschwitz concentration camp

Web links

• Olympians Who Died in Nazi Concentration Camps. Retrieved August 29, 2014 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Allen Guttmann; Heather Kestner; George Eisen: Jewish Athletes and the "Nazi Olympics" , in: Kay Schaffer; Sidonie Smith (Ed.): The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics and the Games . New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ. Press, 2000 ISBN 0-8135-2820-8 , p. 61
2. ↑ Jerzy Dębski [Red.]: Auschwitz death books: Fragments. 2. Names Directory A - L . Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau. Munich: Saur, 1995 ISBN 3-598-11275-0 , p. 165