The Boxer av Reinhard Kleist

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<DIV><B>Award winner Reinhard Kleist’s</B><B><I>The Boxer </I>is a graphic biography that reveals the true story of Holocaust survivor Harry Haft.</B><BR/> <BR/> Poland, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Harry Haft is sent to Auschwitz. When he is forced to fight against other inmates for the amusement of the SS officers, Haft shows extraordinary strength and courage and a determination to survive. As the Soviet Army advances in April 1945, he makes a daring escape from the Nazis. After negotiating the turmoil of postwar Poland, Haft immigrates to the United States and establishes himself as a professional prizefighter, remaining undefeated until he faces heavy­weight champion Rocky Marciano in 1949.<BR/> <BR/> In <I>The Boxer</I>, Reinhard Kleist reveals another side to the steely Harry Haft: a man struggling to escape the memories of the fiancée he left behind in Poland. This is a powerful and moving graphic biography about love and the will to survive.<BR/>&nbsp