Lilli Henoch Athlete

Lilli Henoch (October 26, 1899 – September 1942) was a German track and field athlete who set four world records and won 10 German national championships, in four different disciplines.Henoch set world records in the discus (twice), the shot put, and the 4 × 100 meters relay events. She also won German national championships in the shot put four times, the 4 × 100 meters relay three times, the discus twice, and the long jump. She was Jewish, and during the Holocaust she and her mother were deported and machine-gunned to death by the Nazis.

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Lilli Henoch
Alias (AKA)Henoch Lilly
Birth dateOctober 26, 1899
Birth place
East Prussia , Königsberg
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1942
Place of death
The Holocaust in Latvia , Riga Ghetto

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