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'''Anna "Ans" Dresden-Polak''' (née Anna Polak) (24 November 1906 &ndash;– 23 July 1943) was a Jewish [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Artistic gymnastics|gymnast]].<ref>{{cite book|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=t0KzECrIQDQC&pg=PA107&dq=%22Jews+and+the+Olympic+Games%22+polak&hlpg=en&ei=TDWgTqOdM8f30gHY0fmxBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false PA107|title=Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics - With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists |author=Paul Taylor |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |year=2004|accessdatelocation=[[Eastbourne|Eastbourne, UK]]|via=[[Google Books]]|author=Paul Taylor|isbn=9781903900888|access-date=27 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&pg=PA329&dq=Anna+Dresden-Polak&hlpg=en&sa=X&ei=T-MEUam_EIy08ASOwoCwBQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Anna%20Dresden-Polak&f=false PA329|title=Day by Day in Jewish Sports History |authorfirst=Bob Wechsler |publisher=[[KTAV Publishing House ]]|year=2008|location=[[Jersey City, New Jersey|accessdateJersey City, N.J.]]|pages=329|via=[[Google Books]]|author=Wechsler|isbn=9781602800137|access-date=27 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="aafla1">{{cite webjournal |url= http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv2n1/JOHv2n1l.pdf |title=. After the Glory |last= Paauw |first= Ruud |journal= Citius, Altius, Fortius |publisher= International Society of Olympic Historians |date= Winter 1994 |accessdatevolume=27 January2 |issue= 1 |page= 30 |location= [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham, N.C.]] |access-date= 1 February 2017 |archive-date= 30 September 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154621/http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv2n1/JOHv2n1l.pdf |url-status= dead 2013}}</ref>

She won the [[gold medal]] as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]], in her native Amsterdam.<ref name="jewsinsports1">{{cite web |url= http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=14 |title= Dresden-Polak, Anna |publisheraccess-date=Jews In27 SportsJanuary @2013 Virtual|archive-url= Museumhttps://web.archive.org/web/20101205153501/http://jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=14 |archive-date=24 November5 1906December 2010 |accessdateurl-status=27 Januarydead 2013}}</ref><ref name="thejewishweek1">{{cite news |last= Lipman |first= Steve |url= http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/olympics_and_holocaust |title= Connecting the World to Jewish News, Culture, and Opinion |publisher= The Jewish Week |access-date= |accessdate=27 January 2013 |archive-date= 3 April 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140403222930/http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/olympics_and_holocaust |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url= http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1928/1928.pdf|title=IX Olympic Games - Official Report |publisher=[[NOC*NSF|Nederlands Olympisch Comité*Nederlandse Sport Federatie]] |year=1928 |location= [[Amsterdam]] |pages=694 |via=LA 84 Foundation}}</ref> She was one of five Jewish members of the team, which included [[Stella Blits-Agsteribbe]] (who was killedmurdered in Auschwitz), [[Lea Kloot-Nordheim]] (who was killedmurdered in Sobibor), and [[Judikje Themans-Simons]] (who was killedmurdered in Sobibor).<ref name="aafla1"/><ref name="thejewishweek1"/> Their coach, [[Gerrit Kleerekoper]], was killedmurdered in Sobibor as well.<ref name="thejewishweek1"/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Netherlands1928OlympicChampions.htm |title= NETHERLANDS 1928 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS |publisher= Jewishsports.net |access-date= |accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref>

She was born in [[Amsterdam]], and diedwas murdered in [[Sobibor extermination camp]]. From [[Westerbork concentration camp]], she washad been deported to Sobibór, where she was murdered on 23 July 1943,<ref name="Schaffer">{{cite book|last1=Schaffer|first1=Kay |last2url=Smith|first2=Sidonie |title=The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=nMzYdZpk8qMC&pg=PA61&dq=holocaust+%22After+the+games%22&hlpg=en&eiPA61 |title=N7I_TbCOBYT68AaBu7WjBA&saThe Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games |last2=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=holocaust%20%22After%20the%20games%22&f=falseSmith |yearfirst2=2000Sidonie |publisher= [[Rutgers University Press]] |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-8135-2820-5|location=[[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick, N.J.]] |pages=60–62 |via= [[Google Books]] |last1=Schaffer |first1=Kay}}</ref> together with her six-year-old daughter Eva.<ref name="Taylor">{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Paul|title=Jews and the Olympic Games|url=http https://books.google.com/books?id=tGcPDXOjxMoC&pg=PA107&dq=%22anna+polak%22+daughter&hlpg=en&eiPA107 |title=1OlATYOEJcK88ga-uq2xBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22anna%20polak%22%20daughter&f Jews and the Olympic Games |last=falseTaylor |yearfirst=2004Paul |publisher=[[ Sussex Academic Press]] |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-903900-87-1 |location=[[Eastbourne|Eastbourne, UK]] |page=107 |via= [[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref name="google1">{{cite book |url=http https://books.google.com/books?id=NyIun0ka0yYC&pg=PA331&dq=Anna+Dresden-Polak&hl=en&sa=X&ei=T-MEUam_EIy08ASOwoCwBQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#vpg=onepage&q=Anna%20Dresden-Polak&f=falsePA331 |title= Yiddishe Mamas: The Truth About the Jewish Mother |last=Winston-Macauley |first=Marnie |publisher= [[Andrews McMeel Publishing]] |year=2009 |accessdatelocation= [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City, Mo.]] |pages=331 |isbn= 9780740788895 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date= 27 January 2013}}</ref> Her husband, Barend Dresden was killedmurdered a few months later in 1944 in [[Auschwitz concentration camp]].<ref name="google1"/><ref name="Yogi Mayer">{{cite book|last=Yogi Mayer|firsturl=Paul |title=Jews and the Olympic Games|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=rFo7AQAAIAAJ&q=%22anna+dresden-+polak%22&dq |title=%22anna+dresden-+polak%22&hlJews and the Olympic Games |last=en&ei=q_pBTdW0IIP88Abs6Z34AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAwYogi Mayer |yearfirst=2004Paul |publisher=[[ Vallentine Mitchell]] |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-85303-451-3 |location= [[Elstree|Elstree, UK]] |page=238 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref name="WWII">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |access-date=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref>

She was inducted into the [[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1997.<ref name="jewsinsports1"/><ref>{{cite web |title= International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: Netherlands 1928 Olympic Champions |url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Netherlands1928OlympicChampions.htm }}</ref>

*{{cite book |last=Brouwer | first=Erik | chapter= De Moord op een Gouden Turnploeg | editor1-last= van Liempt | editor1-first=Ad | editor2-last= Luitzen | editor2-first=Jan | title= Sport in de Oorlog | year=2010 | language=Dutch nl | pages=29–58 | publisher= L.J. Veen | isbn=978-90-204-1936-8}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208181701/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=POLAKANS01 profileAns Polak at databaseOlympics.com]

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