{"product_id":"harry-haft-survivor-of-auschwitz-challenger-of-rocky-marciano-paperback-softback-9780815611196","title":"Harry Haft; Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano (Paperback \/ softback) 9780815611196","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHarry Haft\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSurvivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan Scott Haft (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780815611196\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 March 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages, 12 black and white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.275 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This fascinating account deserves recognition as a distinctive contribution to the literature on the Holocaust, the plight of Jewish survivors in post-war Poland and Germany, and, more generally, European and American Jewish history.\" - \u003cb\u003eEast European Jewish Affairs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAlan 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 sixteen-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. Ultimately escaping the camp, Haft's experience left him an embittered and pugnacious young man. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetermined to find freedom, Haft traveled to America and began a career as a professional boxer, quickly finding success using his sharp instincts and fierce confidence. In a historic battle, Haft fights in a match with Rocky Marciano, the future undefeated heavyweight champion of the world. Haft's boxing career takes him into the world of such boxing legends as Rocky Graziano, Roland La Starza, and Artie Levine, and he reveals new details about the rampant corruption at all levels of the sport. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn sharp contrast to Elie Wiesel's scholarly, pious protagonist in \u003ci\u003eNight,\u003c\/i\u003e Harry Haft is an embattled survivor, challenging the reader's capacity to understand suffering and find compassion for an antihero whose will to survive threatens his own humanity. Haft's account, at once dispassionate and deeply absorbing, is an extraordinary story and an invaluable contribution to Holocaust literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForewords\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Threat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One:  Nightmares\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBorn Lucky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Occupation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptured\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLost Hope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Beating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJew Animal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cannibals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Escape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Whorehouse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeavyweight Champion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two:  Dreams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncle Sam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarlem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCareer Bouts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraining for Marciano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFighting Rocky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoving On\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinding Leah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656058433816,"sku":"9780815611196","price":10.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/harry-haft-survivor-of-auschwitz-challenger-of-rocky-marciano-paperback-softback-9780815611196","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}