Dutch gymnast (1906–1943)
Anna "Ans" Dresden-Polak (née Anna Polak) (24 November 1906 – 23 July 1943) was a Jewish Dutch gymnast .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
She won the gold medal as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics , in her native Amsterdam.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] She was one of five Jewish members of the team, which included Stella Blits-Agsteribbe (who was murdered in Auschwitz), Lea Kloot-Nordheim (who was murdered in Sobibor), and Judikje Themans-Simons (who was murdered in Sobibor).[ 3] [ 5] Their coach, Gerrit Kleerekoper , was murdered in Sobibor as well.[ 5] [ 7]
She was born in Amsterdam , and was murdered in Sobibor extermination camp . From Westerbork concentration camp , she had been deported to Sobibór, where she was murdered on 23 July 1943,[ 8] together with her six-year-old daughter Eva.[ 9] [ 10] Her husband, Barend Dresden was murdered a few months later in 1944 in Auschwitz concentration camp .[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
She was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[ 4] [ 13]
See also
References
^ Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics - With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists . Eastbourne, UK : Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900888 . Retrieved 27 January 2013 – via Google Books .
^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History . Jersey City, N.J. : KTAV Publishing House . p. 329. ISBN 9781602800137 . Retrieved 27 January 2013 – via Google Books .
^ a b Paauw, Ruud (Winter 1994). "After the Glory" (PDF) . Citius, Altius, Fortius . 2 (1). Durham, N.C. : International Society of Olympic Historians: 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2017 .
^ a b "Dresden-Polak, Anna" . Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2013 .
^ a b c Lipman, Steve. "Connecting the World to Jewish News, Culture, and Opinion" . The Jewish Week. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2013 .
^ IX Olympic Games - Official Report (PDF) . Amsterdam : Nederlands Olympisch Comité*Nederlandse Sport Federatie . 1928. p. 694 – via LA 84 Foundation.
^ "NETHERLANDS 1928 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS" . Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 27 January 2013 .
^ Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games . New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press . pp. 60– 62. ISBN 978-0-8135-2820-5 – via Google Books .
^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games . Eastbourne, UK : Sussex Academic Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-903900-87-1 – via Google Books .
^ a b Winston-Macauley, Marnie (2009). Yiddishe Mamas: The Truth About the Jewish Mother . Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews McMeel Publishing . p. 331. ISBN 9780740788895 . Retrieved 27 January 2013 – via Google Books .
^ Yogi Mayer, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games . Elstree, UK : Vallentine Mitchell. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-85303-451-3 – via Google Books .
^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War" . Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018 .
^ "International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: Netherlands 1928 Olympic Champions" .
Further reading
Brouwer, Erik (2010). "De Moord op een Gouden Turnploeg". In van Liempt, Ad; Luitzen, Jan (eds.). Sport in de Oorlog (in Dutch). L.J. Veen. pp. 29– 58. ISBN 978-90-204-1936-8 .
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