David Dushman
Soviet liberator of Auschwitz (1923–2021)
达维德·杜什曼 · ダビト・ドゥシュマン
- Born
- 1 April 1923, Gdańsk
- Died
- 4 June 2021, Munich
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Russia, Germany
- Sport
- fencing
- Occupation
- fencer, military personnel, fencing coach, coach
David Aleksandrovich Dushman (Russian: Давид Александрович Душман; 1 April 1923 – 4 June 2021) was a Jewish-Soviet Red Army soldier and a fencing trainer of the Soviet Olympic team. Dushman assisted in the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in occupied Poland, and also fought in the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Kursk during World War II.
Awards and honours
- Medal "For Courage"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords
- Merited Coach of the USSR
- Order of Alexander Nevsky
- Order of Glory Third Class
- Order of the Patriotic War
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
- Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
- Order of the Red Star
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q107124838 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.