LC control no. | n 2006004460 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Haft, Harry, 1925-2007 |
Variant(s) | Haft, Herschel, 1925-2007 Haft, Hertzko, 1925-2007 Haft, Hertzka, 1925-2007 |
Birth date | 1925-07-28 |
Death date | 2007-11-03 |
Place of birth | Bełchatów (Poland) |
Place of death | Pembroke Pines (Fla.) |
Affiliation | Auschwitz (Concentration camp) |
Profession or occupation | Boxers (Sports) Concentration camp inmates Holocaust survivors |
Found in | Haft, Alan Scott. Harry Haft, 2006: e-CIP t.p. (Harry Haft) text (b. in Poland July 28 1925; Holocaust survivor; boxer) Wikipedia, viewed Jan. 3, 2019 (Harry Haft (also known as Herschel Haft); b. Hertzko or Hertzka Haft, July 28, 1925, Bełchatów, Poland; d. Nov. 3, 2007, Pembroke Pines, Fla.; survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he boxed fellow inmates to survive; later professional boxer in post-war Germany, and the United States from 1948 to 1949) Holocaust fighters, 2021: CIP galley (Harry Haft; born on July 28, 1925 in Belchatow, Poland; Jewish; forced to box with other prisoners; The SS rewarded Haft's brutality by nicknaming him "The Jew Animal;" emigrated to the United States; operated a fruit and vegetable store in Brooklyn) |