Name Oskar Heks Role Olympic athlete | Died March 8, 1944 | |
Similar People Petr Ginz, Gershon Sirota, Kurt Gerron, Isakas Anolikas, Elisabeth de Rothschild | ||
Oskar Hekš (April 10, 1908 – March 8, 1944) was a Czechoslovak long-distance runner.
Hekš was born in Rožďalovice, present-day Czech Republic. He competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1932 Summer Olympics and came in eighth place in the Men's Marathon. He died in the Holocaust after being transferred to and gassed at Auschwitz.
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