The Swimmer of Auschwitz: The Incredible True Story of the Olympic Hero Who Swam for His Life - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:MonorayISBN-13:9781800962965ISBN-10:1800962967UPC:9781800962965Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Modern, Jewish, MilitaryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:7.72 x 4.96 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SC2JASA520
The Swimmer of Auschwitz: The Incredible True Story of the Olympic Hero Who Swam for His Life
The extraordinary story of Olympian who was imprisoned in Auschwitz and survived to tell his story. "Sports writer Leblond revisits in his propulsive English-language debut the life of Alfred Nakache, an Olympic athlete who was forced to swim for his guards' entertainment at Auschwitz... Readers will be hooked." - Publishers Weekly Alfred Nakache, a Jewish child from Constantine, never imagined...
Language:EnglishPublisher:MonorayISBN-13:9781800962965ISBN-10:1800962967UPC:9781800962965Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Modern, Jewish, MilitaryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:7.72 x 4.96 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SC2JASA520
Alfred Nakache (1915-1983) was a Jewish French swimmer and water polo player. A member of the French team for the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympic Games, he also swam in the first post-war Summer Olympics in London in 1948. He is one of only two Jewish athletes to have competed in the Olympics after surviving the Holocaust. Editor and writer, Renaud Leblond is the author of several books of history and...
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