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The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft
Reinhard Kleist
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Description for The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft
Paperback. A graphic biography of Holocaust survivor and champion boxer Harry Haft Num Pages: 200 pages, Black and white. BIC Classification: FXL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 528.
Poland,1941. Sixteen-year-old Hertzko Haft is sent to Auschwitz. Separated from his family and his fiancée, he draws a will to survive from the thought of seeing them again. His ability to survive, though, comes from something else – a unique talent.
When Haft is forced to fight against other inmates for the amusement of the SS officers, he knows the price of a loss. But his extraordinary physicality and skill make Haft a formidable boxer, and he manages to escape death. As the Soviet Army advances in April 1945, he manages to escape the Nazis as well.
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The Boxer is a gripping and complex graphic novel – a powerful and moving story about love and the will to survive.
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Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906838775
SKU
V9781906838775
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Reinhard Kleist
Reinhard Kleist is a world-renowned comic book artist and graphic novelist. In 1996, his graphic novel Lovecraft was awarded the most prestigious German comics prize, the Max und Moritz. In 2004 and 2005, he received ICOM prizes for Scherbenmund and The Secrets of Coney Island. He has also illustrated books by China Mieville, H.C. Artmann and J.G. Ballard; record covers ... Read more
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