Karel Hartmann

Dr. Karel Hartmann (6 July 1885 – c. 16 October 1944) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the Olympic games in 1920. He was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal in Antwerp.

Olympic medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men’s Ice Hockey
1920 Antwerp Team
Karel Hartmann in 1919
Karel Hartmann (right) in a Sparta Prague jersey during a match in Vienna with the Wiener Eislaufverein in 1924

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He was born in Trhové Dušníky.[1] into a Czech Jewish family, to parents Max and Emilie, nee Hammerschlag.[2] His great-uncle was Moritz Hartmann.

In 1922 he succeeded Paul Loicq as vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.[3] 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.[4] 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 put to death on the same day.[1]

References
  1. Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (June 2016). "Karel Hartmann Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. https://www.holocaust.cz/databaze-dokumentu/dokument/425709-hartmann-karel-nezpracovano/
  3. "1914-1933". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. https://www.holocaust.cz/databaze-obeti/obet/92225-karel-hartmann/


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