Józef Broel-Plater Explained
Józef Jan Andrzej Joachim Broel-Plater (15 November 1890 - 30 June 1941) was a Polish bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.[1]
Plater volunteered for the French Army in October 1914, and fought in World War I. Afterwards he joined the Polish Army, and worked as a translator at its General Staff.[2] In January 1940, he was arrested by Nazi German authorities and imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp. He died there on 30 June 1941.[3] [4]
Notes and References
- Józef Broel-Plater Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070141/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/jozef-broel-plater-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 6 April 2018.
- http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/bio/1786,plater-jozef-jan-andrzej-joachim.html Profile
- https://stevemorse.org/dachau/details.php?lastname=BROEL-PLATER&firstname=Josef-Johann%20Andreas&title=&birthday=15&birthmonth=Nov&birthyear=1890&birthplace=Kombul&from=&town=Konstantynown/B.&street=Kr.Daugavpils%20Lettl.&number=18515&DateOfArrival=6%20Sep%201940%20v.B.&disposition=gest.:%2030%20Jun%201941&comments=Check%20Col%20J&category=Sch.Po.&ID=3695&page=647/Bg.&disc=1&image=95 Dachau Database Record at stevemorse.org
- Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.
