Overview
- 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.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- London : SelfMadeHero, 2014
- Locale
- Poland
- Notes
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"This graphic novel is based on the book: Harry Haft: Auschwitz survifor, challenger of Rocky Marciano by Alan Scott Haft, published by Syracuse University Press, 2006"--Title page verso.
Translated from the German.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781906838775
1906838771 - Physical Description
- 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Boxers (Sports)--Poland--Comic books, strips, etc. Holocaust survivors--Poland--Comic books, strips, etc. Boxers (Sports) Holocaust survivors. Poland. Comics (Graphic works) Biographical comics. Comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels. Haft, Harry,--1925---Comic books, strips, etc. Haft, Harry,--1925-
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- 2016-01-29 16:40:00
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