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David Dushman

Soviet liberator of Auschwitz (1923-2021) · Russia · On the map · Athletes · Died at 98

David Aleksandrovich Dushman 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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Awards

Order of Alexander Nevsky
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords
Merited Coach of the USSR
Order of the Patriotic War
Order of the Red Star
Order of Glory Third Class
Medal "For Courage"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Athletes
Type
Athlete
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2021 · aged 98

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