Joachim Karsch Explained

Joachim Karsch (June 20, 1897 – February 11, 1945) was a German artist. He was born in Breslau and died in Groß Gandern, Sternberg. In 1932, he won a bronze medal in the art competitions at the Los Angeles Games for his Stabwechsel ("Baton passing").^[1]

He committed suicide during World War II, instead of being taken to a Russian prisoner of war camp.^[2]

References

• Book: The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 . Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932 . 1933 . 748–765 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080410231532/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932s.pdf . 2008-04-10 . dead .
• Web site: Olympic Art Competition 1932 . Olympic Games Museum . Wagner, Juergen . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501135344/http://www.olympic-museum.de/art/1932.htm . 2008-05-01 . dead .
• In Search of the Lost Champions of the Olympic Art Contests . Kramer . Bernhard . Journal of Olympic History . 12 . 2 . May 2004 . 29–34 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080410082301/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv12n2/johv12n2m.pdf . 2008-04-10 . live.
• Joachim Karsch . 2016-05-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160320235330/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/joachim-karsch-1.html . 2016-03-20 .

External links

• • Karsch on artnet

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joachim Karsch . Olympedia . 2 August 2020.
2. 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.