Oszkár Gerde Explained

Oszkár Gerde
Fullname:	Oszkár Pál Gerde
Birth Date:	8 July 1883^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Birth Place:	Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Death Date:	8 October 1944 (aged 61)
Death Place:	Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Nazi Germany (now Austria)
Event:	Sabre
Club:	Magyar AC
Coach:	Italo Santelli László Borsody
Alma Mater:	Fasori Gimnázium
Show-Medals:	yes

Oszkár Pál Gerde (8 July 1883 – 8 October 1944) was a Hungarian sabre fencer who won team gold medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics.^[4] After finishing his active career he judged international fencing competitions and worked as a lawyer.^[5] Being a Jew, he was deported from Hungary in 1944, and killed in the same year at the Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp in Austria.^[6] In 1989 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.^[7]

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers
• List of Jewish Olympic medalists

Notes and References

1. Book: Leonard Jay Greenspoon. Jews in the Gym: Judaism, Sports, and Athletics. 2012. Purdue University Press. 978-1-55753-629-7. 166–.
2. Web site: Oszkár Gerde Bio, Stats, and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070406/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/oszkar-gerde-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports-reference.com . 26 March 2014.
3. Web site: The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 | The Holocaust Persecution of Athletes . Ushmm.org . 26 March 2014.
4. Web site: Oszkár Gerde . Olympedia . 26 March 2021.
5. Book: Joseph M. Siegman. The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. 1992. SP Books. 978-1-56171-028-7. 102–.
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.
7. Web site: Dr. Oszkar Gerde . Jewishsports.net . 26 March 2014.