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Author Kleist, Reinhard, 1970-

Title The boxer : the true story of Holocaust survivor Harry Haft / Reinhard Kleist.

Publication Info. London [England]: SelfMadeHero, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department  GRAPHIC 92 HAFT    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Department  GRAPHIC B HAFT    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  GRAPHIC BIOG HAFT, HARRY    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  GRAPHIC NOVEL-KLE    DUE 12-03-19 Billed
Description 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "This graphic novel is based on the book Harry Haft : Auschwitz Survivor, Challenger of Rocky Marciano by Alan Scott Haft, published by Syracuse University Press (2006)"--Title page verso.
Summary Poland, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Harry Haft is sent to Auschwitz. When he is forced to fight against other inmates for the amusement of the SS officers, Haft shows extraordinary strength and courage, and a determination to survive. As the Soviet Army advances in April 1945, he makes a daring escape from the Nazis. After negotiating the turmoil of postwar Poland, Haft emigrates to the United States and establishes himself as a professional prizefighter, remaining undefeated until he faces heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano in 1949. In The Boxer, Reinhard Kleist reveals another side to the steely Harry Haft : a man struggling to escape the memories of the fiancée he left behind in Poland. This is a powerful and moving graphic novel about love and the will to survive.
Subject Haft, Harry, 1925-
Boxers (Sports) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Holocaust survivors -- Poland -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Genre/Form Graphic novels.
ISBN 9781906838775 (pbk.)
1906838771 (pbk.)
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