The Swimmer of Auschwitz: The Incredible True Story of the Olympic Hero Who Swam For His Life

The extraordinary story of Olympian who was imprisoned in Auschwitz and survived to tell his story. "Sports writer Leblond revisits in his propulsive English-language debut the life of Alfred Nakache, an Olympic athlete who was forced to swim for his guards’ entertainment at Auschwitz… Readers will be hooked.” – Publishers Weekly Alfred Nakache, a Jewish child from Constantine, never imagined that he would one day swim for France at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, nor than he would achieve a world record, as he did in 1941. As a child he was petrified of the water and yet, somehow, throug h sheer willpower and determination, he rose to become one of the very best swimmers in the world. That was until 1943, when he was banned from the pool - and in the same year, deported and sent to Auschwitz. Not knowing if he would ever see his wife and daughter again, Alfred battled on, through the humiliation and the pain, even defying the guards by swimming in the water reserves of Auschwitz. Somehow - miraculously - he survived, swimming every day until the end of his life. The Swimmer of Auschwitz is the unique, true story of a forgotten hero, told with remarkable power and simplicity. EAN: 9781800962965 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 14.08.2025 Autoren: Leblond, Renaud Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 240 Abbildungen: I'd like to include a few b&w photos of Alfred Nakache on the page but TBC Themenüberschrift: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish~HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater~HISTORY / Holocaust Keyword: holocaust story;holocaust survivor story;world war two;ww2;wwii;second world war;holocaust;holocaust memoir;holocaust biography;Olympics;olympian athlete;Auschwitz;nazism;holocaust true story;holocaust sport;holocaust swimmer;books about holocaust;shoah;survival story;swimmer olympics;biography;autobiography;survival;true story;history;memoir;personal;world war 2;holocaust survivor;roma;sinti;boxing;inspiring;inspiration;sport;military history;holocaust books;courage;Historical;world;war;ii;ptsd;survivors;psychoanalyst;nazi;Germany;fight;jewish;family;husband;wife;ptsd;Europe;European;1940s;20th;century Fachschema: Holocaust~Judenverfolgung / Holocaust~Shoah~Weltkrieg / Zweiter Weltkrieg~Weltkrieg 1939/45~Zweiter Weltkrieg Fachkategorie: Biografien: historisch, politisch, militärisch~Zweiter Weltkrieg Interesse Alter: Bezug zu Juden und jüdischen Gruppen Imprint-Titels: Monoray Länge: 198 mm