02/05/2022 11:34 (UTC)

"The Swimmer of Auschwitz", new book tells story of Alfred Nakache

Paris, May 2 (EFE) .- (Camera: Antonio Torres del Cerro/José Manzaneque) World record for the 200-meter butterfly in 1941, deported in 1943 to Auschwitz, where his wife and two-year-old daughter were killed; and back to the Olympic Games in 1948. The impressive story of Frenchman of Jewish origin Alfred Nakache (1915-1983), now told in "The Swimmer of Auschwitz".

Little known in France, the tragic and exemplary life of Nakache returns to the present day with this book by Renaud Leblond, to be published on May 5 by the Archipel publishing house.

FOOTAGE OF THE ALFRED NAKACHE POOL IN PARIS AND RENAUD LEBLOND WITH THE BOOK.

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Date: 02/05/2022 12:00 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Sport
Type: Ready-to-use
Duration: 46 seconds
Reference: 7001164115
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