For over 50 years, the fate of almost half of the Dutch ladies’ gymnastics team, which won the Olympic title in Amsterdam in 1928, was unknown.
The 1928 Games were the first in which women participated in gymnastics events, and the all-around competition was dominated by the hosts. …
Five of the gymnasts, as well as their coach Gerrit Kleerekoper, were Jewish.
Only one of those six survived the Holocaust. …
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