David Dushman

David Dushman
Born(1923-04-01)1 April 1923
Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
Died4 June 2021(2021-06-04) (aged 98)
Munich-Neuperlach, Ramersdorf-Perlach, Bavaria, Germany
OccupationsRed Army soldier, Olympic fencing coach

David Aleksandrovich Dushman (Russian: Давид Александрович Душман; 1 April 1923 – 4 June 2021) was a Jewish-Soviet Red Army soldier and a fencing trainer of the Soviet Olympic team. Dushman assisted in the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in occupied Poland, and also fought in the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Kursk during World War II.

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