Harry Haft
Polish-Jewish boxer and Holocaust survivor (1925-2007)
Harry (Hertzko) Haft · ハリー・ハフト
- 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.