Full name: The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft

Author: Reinhard Kleist Year: 2011 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Graphic Novels, Non Fiction, Biographies, History, War/Military, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781906838775 1906838771

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. In The Boxer, Reinhard Kleist reveals another side to the steely Harry Haft: a man struggling to escape the memories of the fiancee he left behind in Poland. This is a powerful and moving graphic novel about love and the will to survive. Similar books: The Abominable Mr. Seabrook by Joe Ollmann Marble Season by Gilbert Hernandez The Quitter by Harvey Pekar Ethel & Ernest by Raymond Briggs We Are On Our Own by Miriam Katin Mid-Life by Joe Ollmann Maus by Art Spiegelman The Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Kim Deitch Andre the Giant by Box Brown Perfect Example by John Porcellino To the Heart of the Storm by Will Eisner 2 Sisters by Matt Kindt Funny Misshapen Body by Jeffrey Brown Goliath by Tom Gauld Midnight Nation by J. Michael Straczynski Alia's Mission by Mark Alan Stamaty Born Survivors by Wendy Holden Five Chimneys by Olga Lengyel Hitler Youth by Susan Campbell Bartoletti The Aviators by Winston Groom