Lion van Minden explained

Lion van Minden
Birth Date:	10 June 1880
Birth Place:	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:	Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
Sport:	Fencing
Event:	epee
Club:	Koninklijke Officiers Schermbond (Den Haag)
Show-Medals:	yes

Lion van Minden (10 June 1880  - 6 September 1944) was a Dutch Olympic epee fencer, who was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp.^{[1] [2]}

Early life

Van Minden was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and was Jewish.^[3] 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).^[4]

Fencing career

His fencing club was Koninklijke Officiers Schermbond, in Den Haag.

Van Minden competed in saber in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, at 27 years of age. He won two bouts, and lost three.

Killing

Van Minden was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. News: Lion Van Minden. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112452/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/lion-van-minden-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. sports-reference.com. 16 April 2009.
2. Web site: Lion van Minden . Olympedia . 25 March 2021.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=4OP_5zzOBNMC&dq=Lion+van+Minden+jewish&pg=PT62 Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame
4. http://www.jodeninnederland.nl/id/P-2778 Joods Biografisch Woordenboek
5. Book: Kay Schaffer & Sidonie Smith. The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. 61. 2000. 0-8135-2820-8.
6. 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.