Lion van Minden (10 June 1880 – 6 September 1944) was a Dutch

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epee fencer, who was killed in the

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Early life

Van Minden was born in

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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

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in London, England, at 27 years of age. He won two bouts, and lost three.

Killing

Van Minden was killed in the

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 {{Netherlands-fencing-bio-stub