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Józef Broel-Plater

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Józef Broel-Plater
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born(1890-11-15)15 November 1890
Kombuļi, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Latvia)
Died30 June 1941(1941-06-30) (aged 50)
Dachau, Nazi Germany
Sport
SportBobsleigh

Józef Jan Andrzej Joachim Broel-Plater (15 November 1890 – 30 June 1941) was a Polish bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.[1]

Plater volunteered for the French Army in October 1914, and fought in World War I. Afterwards he joined the Polish Army, and worked as a translator at its General Staff.[2] In January 1940, he was arrested by Nazi German authorities and imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp. He died there on 30 June 1941.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Józef Broel-Plater Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ Profile Archived 1 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine at the website of the Polish Olympic Committee
  3. ^ Dachau Database Record at stevemorse.org
  4. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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