Helena Nordheim
Olympic athlete
1903 – 1943
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Who was Helena Nordheim?
Helena "Lea" Nordheim 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.
Nordheim was born in Amsterdam and died in the Sobibor extermination camp. 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.
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- Born
- Aug 1, 1903
Amsterdam - Nationality
- Netherlands
- Lived in
- Amsterdam
- Died
- Jul 2, 1943
Sobibór extermination camp
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on July 23, 2013
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