Oszkár Gerde, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oszkár Gerde

hungarian fencer

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1883

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 08-Oct-1944

Profession: fencer

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Oszkár Gerde (8 July 1883 – 8 October 1944) was a Hungarian sabre fencer who won team gold medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics.
After finishing his active career he judged international fencing competitions and worked as a medical doctor.
Being a Jew, he was deported from Hungary in 1944, and killed in 1944 at the Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp in Austria.
In 1989 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.