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
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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]

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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.