Jacques Ochs (18 February 1883 – 3 April 1971), was a Jewish Belgian artist and Olympic fencer in the épée style (in which he was champion) and competed in the saber, and foil fencing categories.

[4] He was the Belgian Champion fencer in 1912 and competed for Belgium in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, winning a gold medal in the team épée event (his teammates included Gaston Salmon).

Ochs's final event was individual sabre, but he was eliminated in the 1st round.

He was detained in the Mechelen barracks and sentenced to death, but the German debacle saved his life..

The camp's prisoners suffered from starvation, grass eating, torture, hangings, and shootings.