Lion van Minden (10 June 1880 – 6 September 1944) was a
Dutch Olympic
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epee fencer, who was killed in the
Auschwitz concentration camp
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.
Early life
Van Minden was born in
Amsterdam
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, 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
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...
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
Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...
in 1944.
References
1880 births
1944 deaths
Dutch male épée fencers
Dutch people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp
Jewish épée fencers
Jewish Dutch sportspeople
Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Olympic fencers for the Netherlands
Dutch Jews who died in the Holocaust
Fencers from Amsterdam
Dutch civilians killed in World War II
Dutch male foil fencers
Jewish foil fencers
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