Found in | Holocaust fighters, 2021: CIP galley (Salamo Arouch arrived at Auschwitz in 1943; Greek Jew; born in Salonica (Thessalonica), 1923; By age 17, he had won the middleweight championship of Greece and the Balkans; chosen to be a member of the Greek Olympic Boxing Team, but never got to participate; Instead, he was drafted into the Greek army, becoming a member of the army's boxing team; arrived at Auschwitz on March 15, 1943; camp boxer; moved to Israel; joined enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces; died at age 86 on April 26, 2009)
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