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Oszkár Gerde
1883–1944
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- fencer
Oszkár Pál Gerde (8 July 1883 â 8 October 1944) was a Hungarian sabre fencer who won team gold medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Mauthausen concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Oszkár Pál Gerde (8 July 1883 â 8 October 1944) was a Hungarian sabre fencer who won team gold medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. After finishing his active career he judged international fencing competitions and worked as a lawyer. Being a Jew, he was deported from Hungary in 1944, and killed in the same year at the Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp in Austria. In 1989 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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