Helene Mayer
Helene Mayer was a German fencer born in 1910 to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. She became a celebrated athlete, winning gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and multiple national championships. In 1933, she was expelled from her fencing club due to her Jewish heritage and emigrated to the United States. Despite losing her German citizenship in 1935, Mayer was controversially invited to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where she won a silver medal while navigating the complexities of her identity and the political atmosphere of Nazi Germany.
Born on Feb 22, 1910 (116 years old)
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Helene Mayer was a Jewish fencer who represented Germany at the Berlin Olympics after losing her citizenship due to the Nuremberg Laws.
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