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Born | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 10 June 1880
Died | 6 September 1944 Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland | (aged 64)
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Event | epee |
Club | Koninklijke 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. [1] [2]
Van Minden was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and was Jewish. [1] [3] 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). [4]
His fencing club was Koninklijke Officiers Schermbond, in Den Haag. [1]
Van Minden competed in saber in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, at 27 years of age. [1] He won two bouts, and lost three. [1]
Van Minden was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. [5] [6]
Personal information | |
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Born | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 10 June 1880
Died | 6 September 1944 Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland | (aged 64)
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Event | epee |
Club | Koninklijke 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. [1] [2]
Van Minden was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and was Jewish. [1] [3] 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). [4]
His fencing club was Koninklijke Officiers Schermbond, in Den Haag. [1]
Van Minden competed in saber in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, at 27 years of age. [1] He won two bouts, and lost three. [1]
Van Minden was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. [5] [6]