Helena Nordheim | |
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 The Dutch athletics team of the 1928 Summer Olympics. Helena Nordheim is the 4th person from the left. | |
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August 1, 1903 Amsterdam |
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July 2, 1943 (aged 39) Sobibor extermination camp |
Helena "Lea" Nordheim (August 1, 1903 – July 2, 1943) was a Jewish Dutch gymnast.[1] She won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in her native Amsterdam.[2]
Nordheim was born in Amsterdam and died in the Sobibor extermination camp.[3] She was sent to Westerbork concentration camp in June 1943. Shortly after, Nordheim was deported to Sobibór where she was murdered, together with her husband Abraham and their ten-year-old daughter Rebbecca.[4]
References[]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ "Helena Nordheim Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/lea-nordheim-1.html. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- ↑ Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. pp. 60–62. ISBN 978-0-8135-2820-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=nMzYdZpk8qMC&pg=PA61&dq=holocaust+%22After+the+games%22&hl=en&ei=N7I_TbCOBYT68AaBu7WjBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=holocaust%20%22After%20the%20games%22&f=false.
- ↑ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games. Sussex Academic Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-903900-87-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=tGcPDXOjxMoC&pg=PA107&dq=%22Helena+Nordheim%22&hl=en&ei=tbBATfqcIIG78gb2r-3IBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Helena%20Nordheim%22&f=false.
Further reading[]
- Brouwer, Erik (2010). "De Moord op een Gouden Turnploeg". In van Liempt, Ad; Luitzen, Jan (in Dutch). Sport in de Oorlog. L.J. Veen. pp. 29–58. ISBN 978-90-204-1936-8.
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