Ebook: The Boxer's Story : Fighting For My Life in the Nazi Camps
Author: Shapow Nathan, Harris Bob
- Tags: Shapow Nathan., World War 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives Latvian., World War 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons German., Prisoners of war -- Latvia -- Biography., China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion 1899-1901 -- Biography., BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical., HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Robson Press The
- City: New York, China, China, Latvia
- Language: English
- epub
Nathan Shapow, a young Latvian, had nothing more on his mind than to enjoy his teenage years and become a champion boxer. But the sound of jackboots marching across Europe and the systematic extermination of the Jews quickly put paid to his dreams. Soon he was to face a different sort of fight. The prize for victory? His life. Escaping certain death with a punch, surviving life on the ropes, Shapow saw his youth Read more...
Abstract: Nathan Shapow, a young Latvian, had nothing more on his mind than to enjoy his teenage years and become a champion boxer. But the sound of jackboots marching across Europe and the systematic extermination of the Jews quickly put paid to his dreams. Soon he was to face a different sort of fight. The prize for victory? His life. Escaping certain death with a punch, surviving life on the ropes, Shapow saw his youth disappear in the terror of the Ghettos and the horror of the camps. Cheating almost certain death on a number of occasions, remarkably he survived to forge a new life in what was then