Anna Dresden-Polak
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| Country represented |  Netherlands |
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| Born | November 24, 1906 Amsterdam |
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| Died | July 23, 1943 (aged 36) Sobibor extermination camp |
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||
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Anna "Ans" Dresden-Polak (November 24, 1906 – July 23, 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.
She was born in Amsterdam and died in Sobibor extermination camp. From Westerbork concentration camp she was deported to Sobibór where she was murdered[2] together with her six-year-old daughter Eva.[3] Her husband Barend Dresden died a few months later in Auschwitz concentration camp.[4]
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- ^ Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. pp. 60–62. ISBN 9780813528205. 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 9781903900871. http://books.google.com/books?id=tGcPDXOjxMoC&pg=PA107&dq=%22anna+polak%22+daughter&hl=en&ei=1OlATYOEJcK88ga-uq2xBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22anna%20polak%22%20daughter&f=false.
- ^ Yogi Mayer, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games. Vallentine Mitchell. p. 238. ISBN 9780853034513. http://books.google.com/books?id=rFo7AQAAIAAJ&q=%22anna+dresden-+polak%22&dq=%22anna+dresden-+polak%22&hl=en&ei=q_pBTdW0IIP88Abs6Z34AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAw.
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