Max Ippen

Max Ippen (16 May 1906 in Vienna – 28 May 1957 in Paris[1]) was a Czechoslovak bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, he finished 14th in both the two-man and four-man events. During World War II, Ippen concealed his Jewish ethnicity by posing as a Catholic, but he did not manage to avoid arrest for the duration of the war.[2] He, along with over eighty members of his extended family, was arrested and interred by the Nazis. Ippen was sent first to the Auschwitz concentration camp and then transferred to Dachau.[3] Though Ippen survived, most of his family did not.[4]

References

  1. ↑ František Kolář Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách, ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 389
  2. ↑ "Max Ippen". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Database of prisoners at Auschwitz". Memorial Auschwitz-Birkenau Austrian Exhibition. The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Mareš, Miroslav. "Přežil holokaust, boboval za ČSR na olympiádě". Reportér Magazín. Reportér Magazín. Retrieved 1 April 2026.


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