Ans Polak
Olympic athlete
1906 – 1943
Who was Ans Polak?
Anna "Ans" Dresden-Polak was a Jewish Dutch gymnast.
She won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics, in her native Amsterdam. She was one of five Jewish members of the team, which included Stella Blits-Agsteribbe, Lea Kloot-Nordheim, and Judikje Themans-Simons. Their coach, Gerrit Kleerekoper, was killed in Sobibor as well.
She was born in Amsterdam, and died in Sobibor extermination camp. From Westerbork concentration camp she was deported to Sobibór where she was murdered on 23 July 1943, together with her six-year-old daughter Eva. Her husband Barend Dresden was killed a few months later in 1944 in Auschwitz concentration camp.
She was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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- Born
- Nov 24, 1906
Amsterdam - Nationality
- Netherlands
- Lived in
- Amsterdam
- Died
- Jul 23, 1943
Sobibór extermination camp
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on July 23, 2013
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