Jacques Ochs

Jacques Ochs (18 February 1883 – 3 April 1971), was a Jewish Belgian artist and Olympic épée (champion), saber, and foil fencer.[1][2]

Olympic medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Belgium
1912 Stockholm Team epée

Early years, and art study

Ochs was Jewish,[1][3] and was born in Nice, France. His family moved to Liège, Belgium, in 1893.[4]

Fencing career

He was Champion of Belgium in fencing in 1912.

Ochs was a member of the Belgian fencing team at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, and won a gold medal in the team épée event (his teammates included Gaston Salmon).[1][5][6]

Ochs also competed in three individual events. In the individual foil and individual épée, he reached the 2nd round before being eliminated (he finished 39th in foil, and 29th in épée. Ochs's final event was individual sabre, but he was eliminated in the 1st round.

Art and caricature

He at the same time worked at the newspapers "Newspaper of Liège", "Small Parisian", and "the Belgian Nation."

Arrest and internment

Ochs was imprisoned the same on December 17 in the Fort Breendonk camp.[1] The camp's prisoners suffered starvation, grass eating, tortures, hangings, and shootings.[7][8]

After World War II

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Death

Ochs died in Liège in 1971, 88 years old.[10]

See also

References
  1. Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-903900-88-8.
  2. "Jacques Ochs". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8.
  4. National Memorial Fort Breendonk
  5. "Olympics Statistics: Jacques Ochs". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  6. "Jacques Ochs Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  7. Concentration Camps List
  8. The Prisoners of Breendonk: Personal Histories from a World War II ... – James M. Deem
  9. Ochs, Jacques (1947). Breendonck. Bagnards et Bourreaux. Brussels: Albert Parmentier. ASIN B00179NLV8. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  10. The GFH Mission

Bibliography
  • Duweiz, Yves (June 2000). "Victor Boin - Jacques Ochs: Deux hommes de leur temps" [Victor Boin - Jacques Ochs: Two Men of Their Time]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (87): 48–53. ISSN 1243-8650.
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