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

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

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.