Ergebnis für "Auschwitz" in Sport

Alfred Nakache, a Jewish child from Constantine, never imagined that he would one day swim for France at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, nor than he would achieve a world record, as he did in 1941. As a child he was petrified of the water and yet, somehow, through sheer willpower and determination, he rose to become one of the very best swimmers in the world. That was until 1943, when he was banned from the pool - and in the same year, deported and sent to Auschwitz.

Jamais Alfred Nakache, enfant juif de Constantine, n'aurait imaginé défendre un jour les couleurs de la France aux Jeux olympiques de Berlin en 1936. Ni décrocher le record du monde du 200 mètres brasse papillon en 1941, sous le régime du maréchal Pétain. À force de volonté, armé d'un invincible sourire, il s'est hissé au sommet des podiums. Mais, lors des championnats de 1943, le voilà interdit de bassin. En décembre de la même année, " le poisson " est arrêté puis déporté à Auschwitz.

Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim with a singular story of endurance, desperation, and unrequited love. Harry Haft was a 16-year-old Polish Jew when he entered a concentration camp in 1944. Forced to fight other Jews in bare-knuckle bouts for the perverse entertainment of SS officers, Harry quickly learned that his own survival depended on his ability to fight and win. Haft details the inhumanity of the "sport" in which he must perform in brutal contests for the officers.