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Born | Amsterdam | 24 November 1906||||||||||||||
Died | 23 July 1943 Sobibor extermination camp | (aged 36)||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
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Anna "Ans" Dresden-Polak (née Anna Polak) (24 November 1906 – 23 July 1943) was a Jewish Dutch gymnast. [1] [2] [3]
She won the gold medal as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics, in her native Amsterdam. [4] [5] [6] She was one of five Jewish members of the team, which included Stella Blits-Agsteribbe (who was murdered in Auschwitz), Lea Kloot-Nordheim (who was murdered in Sobibor), and Judikje Themans-Simons (who was murdered in Sobibor). [3] [5] Their coach, Gerrit Kleerekoper, was murdered in Sobibor as well. [5] [7]
She was born in Amsterdam, and was murdered in Sobibor extermination camp. From Westerbork concentration camp, she had been deported to Sobibór, where she was murdered on 23 July 1943, [8] together with her six-year-old daughter Eva. [9] [10] Her husband, Barend Dresden was murdered a few months later in 1944 in Auschwitz concentration camp. [10] [11] [12]
She was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. [4] [13]
Ans Polak | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Anna Polak in 1928 | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Country represented | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Born | Amsterdam | 24 November 1906||||||||||||||
Died | 23 July 1943 Sobibor extermination camp | (aged 36)||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anna "Ans" Dresden-Polak (née Anna Polak) (24 November 1906 – 23 July 1943) was a Jewish Dutch gymnast. [1] [2] [3]
She won the gold medal as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics, in her native Amsterdam. [4] [5] [6] She was one of five Jewish members of the team, which included Stella Blits-Agsteribbe (who was murdered in Auschwitz), Lea Kloot-Nordheim (who was murdered in Sobibor), and Judikje Themans-Simons (who was murdered in Sobibor). [3] [5] Their coach, Gerrit Kleerekoper, was murdered in Sobibor as well. [5] [7]
She was born in Amsterdam, and was murdered in Sobibor extermination camp. From Westerbork concentration camp, she had been deported to Sobibór, where she was murdered on 23 July 1943, [8] together with her six-year-old daughter Eva. [9] [10] Her husband, Barend Dresden was murdered a few months later in 1944 in Auschwitz concentration camp. [10] [11] [12]
She was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. [4] [13]