Karel Hartmann (6 July 1885 – c. 16 October 1944) was a

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player who competed in the

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in 1920. He was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal in Antwerp. He and his family were killed in

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Biography

Hartmann was born in Trhové Dušníky into a

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family, to parents Max and Emilie, nee Hammerschlag. His great-uncle was Moritz Hartmann. In 1922 he succeeded Paul Loicq as vice-president of the

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. In 1923 he was appointed the President of the Czechoslovak Hockey Association On 23 July 1942, two weeks after his 57th birthday, he was transported from Prague to the Terezín Ghetto. From there on 16 October 1944, Hartmann, his wife and their two sons were transported to Auschwitz concentration camp, where Karel and Edita were most likely murdered upon arrival.

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