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Haft, Harry, 1925-2007

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Personal name headingHaft, Harry, 1925-2007
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Variant(s)Haft, Herschel, 1925-2007
Haft, Hertzko, 1925-2007
Haft, Hertzka, 1925-2007
Birth date1925-07-28
Death date2007-11-03
Place of birthBełchatów (Poland)
Place of deathPembroke Pines (Fla.)
AffiliationAuschwitz (Concentration camp)
Profession or occupationBoxers (Sports) Concentration camp inmates Holocaust survivors
Found inHaft, 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)