Werner Plath (27 July 1918 – 1945) was a German swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

. He was executed during

World War II 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 opposing ...

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1918 births 1945 deaths Swimmers from Berlin German male swimmers German male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming People from Berlin executed by Nazi Germany 20th-century German people {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub