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Simon Okker

1881–1944

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Occupation: fencer

Simon Okker (1 June 1881 â 6 March 1944) was a Dutch Olympic epee and foil fencer, who was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Incarceration history

Facilities

Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
Dates unknown
Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
Dates unknown

Biography

Simon Okker (1 June 1881 â 6 March 1944) was a Dutch Olympic epee and foil fencer, who was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Related people

Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.

Alexander Bouman
1892–1943Kingdom of the Netherlands
Frederik A. H. S. van der Laan
1902Kingdom of the Netherlands
Wim Boogh
1898–1987Kingdom of the Netherlands
Willem Frederik Alard Hackstroh
1881–1974Kingdom of the Netherlands
Bernard Davids
1895–1945Kingdom of the Netherlands
Jetty Cantor
1903–1992Kingdom of the Netherlands

External references

Wikipedia
Wikidata (Q2095607)