Career

Born in Amsterdam, he competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics at age 15 in his home town. During the German occupation of the Netherlands, he was deported to Germany and interned at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. All but one of the siblings were married with children.

Herrie Bril died in Rotterdam on 6 August 1966.

Ab Ben and Wilma have one son, Benno, who also lives in Zandvoort. Ben Bril died aged 91 in Amsterdam.

In October 2006 Ben Bril"s biography by Editor van Opzeeland was published. lieutenant is called Ben Bril - Davidsster als Ereteken (free translation: Ben Bril - Decorated with a Star of David).

The Dutch swimmer Erica Terpstra handed out the first copy of the book to Ben"s son Albert Bril.

Achievements

• Bril won the gold medal at the 1935 Maccabiah Games, and the Dutch title in his division eight times.

Membership

Four years later he was barred from the 1932 Summer Olympics because the Dutch Olympic Committee was led by a member of the Dutch Nazi party, and he boycotted the 1936 Games in Berlin.