Karel Hartmann

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.^[1] He and his family were killed in the Holocaust.

Karel Hartmann
Karel Hartmann in 1919
Born	(1885-07-06)6 July 1885 Příbram, Austria-Hungary
Died	c. 16 October 1944(1944-10-16) (aged 59) Auschwitz, German-occupied Poland
Position	Rover
National team	Czechoslovakia
Playing career	1909–1928
Medal record Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Team

Karel Hartmann (right) in a Sparta Prague jersey during a match in Vienna with the Wiener Eislaufverein in 1924

Biography

Hartmann was born in Trhové Dušníky^[2] into a Czech Jewish family, to parents Max and Emilie, nee Hammerschlag. His great-uncle was Moritz Hartmann.^[3] In 1922 he succeeded Paul Loicq as vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.^[4] 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.^[3] 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.^[2]