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Harry Haft

Polish-Jewish boxer and Holocaust survivor (1925-2007)

Harry (Hertzko) Haft ·

Born
28 July 1925, Bełchatów
Died
3 November 2007, Pembroke Pines
Citizenship
Poland
Sport
boxing
Discipline
heavyweight
Occupation
boxer

Harry Haft (July 28, 1925 – November 3, 2007), also known as Herschel Haft, was a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp where he boxed fellow inmates to survive, the losers being executed. He was briefly a professional boxer in post-war Germany, and boxed as a light heavyweight in the United States from 1948–1949.

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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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