Dutch artistic gymnast (1903–1943)
Helena Nordheim
Helena Nordheim in 1928
Personal information Born (1903-08-01 ) 1 August 1903Died 2 July 1943(1943-07-02) (aged 39) Gymnastics career Sport Women's artistic gymnastics Country represented Netherlands
Helena "Lea "Nordheim (1 August 1903 – 2 July 1943) was a Dutchgymnast .[ 1] She won the gold medal as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the1928 Summer Olympics in her nativeAmsterdam .[ 2] With her team, she was inducted into theInternational Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[ 3]
Nordheim was born in Amsterdam and was murdered in theSobibor extermination camp .[ 4] As a Jew, she was sent toWesterbork 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 Rebecca.[ 5] [ 6]
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Camp organizers Commandant Deputies Gas chamber executioners Other officers Guards Nazi organizations Related topics a 28 April to 30 August 1942b 1 September 1942 to 17 October 1943c Up to 200
1928 :
Netherlands (NED) Estella Agsteribbe ,
Jacomina van den Berg ,
Alida van den Bos ,
Petronella Burgerhof ,
Elka de Levie ,
Helena Nordheim ,
Ans Polak ,
Petronella van Randwijk ,
Hendrika van Rumt ,
Jud Simons ,
Jacoba Stelma ,
Anna van der Vegt
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