Sport
Name | Lifespan | Nationality | Achievements | Cause of Death |
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Estella Agsteribbe | 1909–1943, Auschwitz | Dutch | gymnast (team); Olympic gold medalist | |
Alfred Flatow | 1869–1942, Theresienstadt | German | gymnast; 3-time Olympic gold medalist & 1-time silver medalist | |
Gustav Flatow | 1875–1945, Theresienstadt | German | gymnast; 2-time Olympic gold medalist | |
Bronisław Czech | 1908–1944, Auschwitz | Polish | skier: Olympian | |
János Garay (fencer) | 1889–1945, Mauthausen | Hungarian | fencer; Olympic gold, silver, and bronze medalist | |
Oszkár Gerde | 1883–1944, Mauthausen | Hungarian | fencer; 2-time Olympic gold medalist | |
Eddy Hamel | 1902–1943, Auschwitz | American | football player, AFC Ajax | |
Lilli Henoch | 1899–1942, Riga Ghetto | German | 4 world records (discus, shot put, and 4x100-m relay), 10 German national championships, | |
Otto Herschmann | 1877–1942, Izbica concentration camp | Austrian | fencer & swimmer; 2-time Olympic silver medalist | |
Roman Kantor | 1912–1943, Majdanek concentration camp | Polish | fencer; Olympian | |
Gerrit Kleerekoper | 1897–1943, Sobibór | Dutch | coach Dutch gymnastics team 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games | |
Józef Klotz | 1900–1941 | Polish | Polish national soccer team | |
Janusz Kusociński | 1907–1940, executed in Palmiry | Polish | athlete;1932 Los Angeles men's athletics gold medalist | |
Salo Landau | 1903–1944, Gräditz concentration camp | Dutch | chess player | |
Vera Menchik | 1906–1944, killed in a V-1 rocket bombing raid in South London | British-Czech | chess player; world champion | |
Helena Nordheim | 1903–1943, Sobibór | Dutch | gymnast (team); Olympic gold medalist | |
Victor Perez | 1911–1945, Auschwitz | Tunisian | boxer; world flyweight champion | |
Attila Petschauer | 1904–1943, Davidovka concentration camp | Hungarian | fencer; 2-time Olympic gold medalist & 1-time silver medalist | |
Ans Polak | 1906–1943, Sobibór | Dutch | gymnast (team); Olympic gold medalist | |
Dawid Przepiórka | 1880–1940, executed, Warsaw | Polish | chess player; chess Olympian | |
Werner Seelenbinder | 1904–1944, executed, Brandenburg an der Havel | German | wrestler; Olympian | |
Jud Simons | 1904–1943, Sobibór | Dutch | gymnast (team); Olympic gold medalist | |
Leon Sperling | 1900–1941, Lemberg Ghetto | Polish |
left wing on national soccer team |
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András Székely | 1909–1943, | Hungarian | swimmer, Olympic silver (200-m breaststroke) and bronze (4x200-m freestyle relay) | |
Lejzor Ilja Szrajbman | 1907–1943, Majdanek concentration camp | Polish | swimmer, Olympic 4×200-m freestyle relay | |
Karel Treybal | 1885–1941, executed, Prague | Czech | chess player; chess Olympian | |
Johann Trollmann | 1907–1943, Neuengamme | German | boxer; German national champion | |
Heinrich Wolf | 1875–1943, Vienna | Austrian | chess player |
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