Tadeusz Pietrzykowski

Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski (born 8 April 1917 in Warsaw, died 17 April 1991 in Bielsko-Biala) was a Polish boxer, Polish Armed Forces soldier, and a prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Neuengamme concentration camps during World War II. He was part of the first mass transport to Auschwitz in June 1940, and was transferred to Neuengamme in 1943.[1][2][3][4] Parts of Pietrzykowski's life served as the basis for a story written by Jozef Hen (Bokser i śmierć) and a film by Peter Solan (Boxer a smrť).[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Au camp d'Auschwitz, la boxe fut aussi un moyen pour survivre". L'Express (in French). 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Teddy, le gladiateur d'Auschwitz". Le Figaro (in French). 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Langbein, Hermann (2004). People in Auschwitz. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780807828168.
  4. ↑ Fedorowicz, Andrzej. "Gladiatorzy z obozów śmierci". Focus. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Cyra, Adam (15 October 2007). "Bokser i śmierć". Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.


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