Jacques Ochs
Jacques Ochs (18 February 1883 – 3 April 1971), was a Jewish Belgian artist and Olympic épée (champion), saber, and foil fencer. Early years, and art study. Ochs was Jewish, and was born in Nice, France. His family moved to Liège, Belgium, in 1893. Fencing career. He was Champion of Belgium in fencing in 1912. Ochs was a member of the Belgian fencing team at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, and won a gold medal in the team épée event (his teammates included Gaston Salmon). Ochs also competed in three individual events. In the individual foil and individual épée, he  reached the 2nd round before being eliminated (he finished 39th in foil, and 29th in épée. Ochs's final event was individual sabre, but he was eliminated in the 1st round. Art and caricature. He at the same time worked at the newspapers "Newspaper of Liège", "Small Parisian", and "the Belgian Nation." Arrest and internment. Ochs was imprisoned the same on December 17 in the Fort Breendonk camp. The camp's prisoners suffered starvation, grass eating, tortures, hangings, and shootings. Death. Ochs died in Liège in 1971, 88 years old.