Some claimed that Petschauer was tortured and murdered under orders of a Hungarian officer, a fellow former Hungarian Olympian named Kálmán Cseh, during his service in a Hungarian-Jewish Forced Labor Battalion. A fellow inmate, Olympic champion wrestler Károly Kárpáti, recalled: “The guards shouted: ‘You, Olympic fencing medal winner . .
Some claimed that Petschauer was tortured and murdered by a Hungarian officer named Kálmán Cseh, another former Hungarian Olympian. A fellow inmate, the Olympic wrestler Károly Kárpáti, remembered: “The guards shouted: ‘You, Olympic fencing medalist . .