Karel Hartmann

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File:Karel Hartmann in a Sparta jersey on the right shoots the puck in a game against Wiener Eislaufverein, Vienna 1924.jpg
Karel Hartmann (right) in a Sparta Prague jersey during a match in Vienna with the Wiener Eislaufverein in 1924

Karel Hartmann (6 July 1885 – c.Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the Olympic Games in 1920. He was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal in Antwerp.[1] He and his family were killed in the Holocaust.

Biography

Hartmann was born in Trhové Dušníky[2] into a Czech Jewish family, to parents Max and Emilie, nee Hammerschlag. His great-uncle was Moritz Hartmann.[3] In 1922 he succeeded Paul Loicq as vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.[4] In 1923 he was appointed the President of the Czechoslovak Hockey Association On 23 July 1942, two weeks after his 57th birthday, he was transported from Prague to the Terezín Ghetto.[3] From there on 16 October 1944, Hartmann, his wife and their two sons were transported to Auschwitz concentration camp, where Karel and Edita were most likely murdered upon arrival.[2]

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