Anna Dresden-Polak

For the feminist, see Anna Sophia Polak
Ans Polak
Country represented  Netherlands
Born November 24, 1906(1906-11-24)
Amsterdam
Died July 23, 1943(1943-07-23) (aged 36)
Sobibor extermination camp
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics

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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