Ernest Toussaint (6 March 1908 – 3 September 1942) was a
Luxembourg
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ian
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who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in
Rumelange
Rumelange ( lb, Rëmeleng ; german: Rümelingen) is a commune with town status in south-western Luxembourg, on the border with France.
Populated places
The commune consists of the following villages:
* Rumelange
* Haut-Tétange (lieu-dit)
Pop ...
.
Toussaint represented Luxembourg in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. He defeated
Karl Lutz of
Austria
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in the round of 32 before being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the
heavyweight class by eventual bronze medalist
Erling Nilsen of
Norway
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.
He was shot in the
Hinzert concentration camp
Hinzert was a concentration camp in Nazi Germany, in what is now Rhineland-Palatinate, from the border with Luxembourg.
Between 1939 and 1945, 13,600 political prisoners between the ages of 13 and 80 were imprisoned at Hinzert. Many were in tr ...
(Germany) after being arrested as one of the leaders in the
general strike against the Nazi occupation in Luxembourg on 31 August 1942.
The country had been protesting against the introduction of compulsory military service for young Luxembourgers in the German army. Toussaint's widow and his two sons were deported to the work camp of
Leubus in Silesia.
In 1960 Ernest Toussaint was awarded the Croix de l´Ordre de la Résistance 1940–1944.
Liste des personnes décorées jusqu´ici par arrêté grand-ducal à titre posthume de la Croix de l´Ordre de la Résistance 1940–1944.
Mémorial du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg 27, 7 May 1960
References
External links
profile
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20200418022305/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/ernest-toussaint-1.html Ernest Toussaint's profile at Sports Reference.com
1908 births
1942 deaths
People from Rumelange
Luxembourgian male boxers
Heavyweight boxers
Olympic boxers of Luxembourg
Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps
Luxembourg Resistance members
Luxembourgian people who died in Nazi concentration camps
People executed by Nazi Germany by firearm
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