David Dushman
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.
David Dushman | |
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| Born | 1 April 1923 Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) |
| Died | 4 June 2021 (aged 98) |
| Occupation(s) | Red Army soldier, Olympic fencing coach |
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