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Lion van Minden
Personal information
Born(1880-06-10)10 June 1880
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died6 September 1944(1944-09-06) (aged 64)
Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
Sport
SportFencing
Eventepee
ClubKoninklijke Officiers Schermbond (Den Haag)

Lion van Minden (10 June 1880 – 6 September 1944) was a Dutch Olympic epee fencer, who was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Early life

Van Minden was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and was Jewish. He was the son of Abraham Lion van Minden (1850-1915) and Branca Ziekenoppasser (1855-1943), and the husband of Esther Mina Schlossberg (1893-1945).

Fencing career

His fencing club was Koninklijke Officiers Schermbond, in Den Haag.

Van Minden competed in saber in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, at 27 years of age. He won two bouts, and lost three.

Killing

Van Minden was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.

References

  1. ^ "Lion Van Minden". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  2. "Lion van Minden". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame
  4. Joods Biografisch Woordenboek
  5. Kay Schaffer & Sidonie Smith (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-8135-2820-8.
  6. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

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