Oszkár Gerde (8 July 1883 – 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 medical doctor. Being a Jew, he was deported from Hungary in 1944, and killed in 1944 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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8 July 1883 Budapest, Hungary
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Died |
8 October 1944 (aged 61) Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Austria
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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