Hans Eller (14 August 1910 – 4 April 1943) was a
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rower who competed in the
1932 Summer Olympics
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in
Los Angeles
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, USA. In 1932 he won the gold medal as member of the German boat in the coxed fours competition.
Biography
Born as Johannes Eller on 10 August 1910 in Danzig-Oliva, his father was a naval captain and mother a home maker.
He studied in Grenoble, France and later gained a law degree from Berlin. He worked for "Wirtschaftsgruppe Elektroindustrie," and had clients such as
Siemens
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, Mende, and
Phillips
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, some of which he then defended against nationalization from the National Socialist government.
Eller married Hildegard Kluge in Dresden on 23 December 1939 and has a son (Hans-Peter M. Eller) born in
Dresden
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on 22 March 1943. He was January 1940, and wounded in France. After recuperation Eller was sent to Russia, but declared missing 23 January 1943. The search division of the
German Red Cross recently found from Russian records that he died in a camp near
Starobelsk on 4 April 1943.
He was a member of the Berliner Ruder Club and also participated successfully as crew member in fours in
Henley Regattas.
He was killed in action during
World War II
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.
See also
*
List of solved missing person cases
References
External links
Hans Eller's profile at databaseOlympics*
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1910 births
1940s missing person cases
1943 deaths
German male rowers
German military personnel killed in World War II
Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Missing in action of World War II
Missing person cases in Russia
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in rowing
Olympic rowers of Germany
Rowers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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