Edward Manteuffel-Szoege (born Edward Antoni Manteuffel, 5 July 1908 – 1940) was a Polish artist. He competed in the art competitions at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. After the outbreak of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, Manteuffel-Szoege was arrested by the

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ...

. In 1940, he was murdered by the Soviets.

References

1908 births 1940 deaths People from Rēzekne 20th-century Polish male artists Summer Olympics competitors for Poland Polish civilians killed in World War II Olympic competitors in art competitions Polish people executed by the Soviet Union {{Poland-painter-stub