Helena Nordheim

Helena Nordheim

The Dutch athletics team of the 1928 Summer Olympics. Helena Nordheim is the 4th person from the left.
Personal information
Country represented  Netherlands
Born August 1, 1903(1903-08-01)
Amsterdam
Died July 2, 1943(1943-07-02) (aged 39)
Sobibor extermination camp
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics

Helena "Lea" Nordheim (August 1, 1903 – July 2, 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.[2]

She was born in Amsterdam and died in the Sobibor extermination camp.[3] She came to Westerbork concentration camp in June 1943. Shortly after she was deported to Sobibór where she was murdered together with her husband Abraham and their ten-year-old daughter Rebbecca.[4]

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References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Helena Nordheim Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/lea-nordheim-1.html. Retrieved 2011-07-12. 
  3. ^ 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. 
  4. ^ 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=%22Helena+Nordheim%22&hl=en&ei=tbBATfqcIIG78gb2r-3IBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Helena%20Nordheim%22&f=false. 

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