List of Victims of Nazism - Sport

Sport

Name Lifespan Nationality Achievements Cause of Death
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

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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