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Sabre fencer
I was born in Budapest. As a two-time Olympic champion sabre fencer, I was part of the Hungarian team that shaped the world of fencing in the early 20th century.
Birth name
Born
1883-07-08, Budapest
Deceased
1944-10-08, Budapest
Profession
Sabre fencer
Scientific Degree
University degree
Awards
He was born as the son of Mór Gerde and Emma Deutsch. As a sabre fencer for Magyar AC, he was a student of the Italian coach Italo Santelli, who settled in Hungary. He represented the Hungarian national team between 1908 and 1912. He was a member of the Hungarian sabre team that won Olympic gold at both the 1908 London and 1912 Stockholm Olympics.
After his sporting career, he became an international referee in fencing. He also served as vice president of the Hungarian Fencing Federation. At the 1928 Olympics, he was one of the professional leaders of the fencing national team.
He earned a degree in law and political science in Budapest, and after retiring, he worked as the secretary of the Budapest Chamber of Commerce.
The Dohány Street synagogue is one of Budapest’s touristic highlights as it is the largest synagogue in Europe and the second largest in the world. The synagogue was built in 1859 in the Moorish style and it can seat 3000 people. Its huge size demonstrates the significance and the high economic and cultural standards of the Budapest Jewry of the age.
The temple was designed by Ludwig Förster (1797-1863), a German architect, professor of the Vienna Academy. The clerk of works was the architect Ignác Wechselmann (1828-1903) who later bequeathed his entire wealth to the Institute of the Blind. After Förster left, Frigyes Feszl, the famous architect of the Budapest Vigadó designed the temple’s inner sanctum. The official consecration of the synagogue took place on 6 September 1859. The interior of the synagogue is 1200 square metres, the towers are 44 metres high. There are 1497 seats for men downstairs and 1472 for women in the galleries, altogether the seating capacity of the flat-ceilinged inner space is nearly 3000 people.
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