Holocaust Fighters
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Beschreibung:
This book shares the remarkable stories of boxers who had to fight for their lives while incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps. Alongside their stories are accounts of prisoners who resisted their captors and escaped the camps and those who sought revenge against the Nazis, creating a well-rounded portrait of those who fought against Nazi rule.
A remarkable portrait of the heroic people who faced the threat of extermination by the Nazis and resisted by any means possible—whether through boxing, exposing the reality of death camps, armed guerrilla attacks, or deadly acts of vengeance.
In Holocaust Fighters: Boxers, Resisters, and Avengers, Jeffrey Sussman shares the riveting stories of those who fought back against the Nazis. The lives of five boxers who were forced to fight for their lives while imprisoned in concentration camps are explored in depth, followed by the stories of those who managed to escape captivity and reveal the truth about the death camps. Sussman also depicts in fascinating detail the acts of the Avengers, a military unit that hunted down and killed Nazi war criminals. The final portraits are of the prosecutors who brought the Nazi leaders to justice, those same leaders who watched Jewish and Gypsy boxers beat each other for their own personal entertainment.
Holocaust Fighters is an incredible account of the many ways people resisted Nazi rule, providing moving portrayals of the resilience of the human spirit even in the face of incredible horrors.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Hitler and Boxing
Chapter 2: Men of Unsurpassed Evil
Chapter 3: The Biggest Little Champ: Victor Perez
Chapter 4: The Miracle of Life in a Pair of Fists
Chapter 5: 200 to 1
Chapter 6: Sinto Into the Ring
Chapter 7: Harry Haft: Contender
Chapter 8: Run for Your Life
Chapter 9: Vengeance is Mine
Chapter 10: The Nuremberg Trials
Chapter 11: German Boxing: Before, During, and After the War
Chapter 12: Anti-Semitism in Germany and America
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author