Harry Haft
Former Belchatower to be in National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Harry
Haft will be inducted into
the
National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
on April 29, 2007 at 10:30 AM,
in Commack, Long Island, at the Suffolk Y- JCC.
74 Hauppauge Road - Commack, NY 11725 - Tel: 631-462-9800
The Suffolk Y JCC is an agency of UJA Federation and affiliated with JCC Association
Harry will be attending along with many members of his family.
Harry Haft was only 16 when he was sent to the concentration camps. He was forced to fight other Jews in bare knuckle bouts for the entertainment of S.S. officers. Ultimately, escaping the camp, Harry traveled to America and became a pro boxer. Harry now lives in Pembroke Pines, Florida. His story of survival and his boxing career (he fought Rocky Marciano in 1948), written by his son Alan, has been published by Syracuse University Press. Click here to read more about the book.
[More of Harry's story will be added here at a later date.]
