Lion van Minden
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Early life
Van Minden was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and was Jewish.[1][3] He was the son of Abraham Lion van Minden (1850-1915) and Branca Ziekenoppasser (1855-1943), and the husband of Esther Mina Schlossberg (1893-1945).[4]
Fencing career
His fencing club was Koninklijke Officiers Schermbond, in Den Haag.[1]
Van Minden competed in saber in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, at 27 years of age.[1] He won two bouts, and lost three.[1]
Killing
Van Minden was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.[5][6]
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