Sam Olij, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sam Olij

Dutch boxer

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1900

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 04-Aug-1975

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Simon Paulus "Sam" Olij (5 October 1900 in Landsmeer – 4 August 1975 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch heavyweight boxer, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
There he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's heavyweight division by eventual gold medalist Arturo Rodríguez from Argentina.
Mr.
Olij was also a member of the feared national socialist Nazi allied NSB party during the 2nd WW.
As such he betrayed numerous Jewish people and had them arrested and deported by the Nazis.
One of them being his Jewish Dutch boxing team member Ben Bril.
As he arrested Ben Bril he said "plicht is plicht" (duty is duty).