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Tadeusz Pietrzykowski
1917–1991
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- boxer
Tadeusz Pietrzykowski (Polish pronunciation: [taËdÉ.uÊ pjÉtÊɨËkÉfskʲi]; 8 April 1917 â 17 April 1991) was a Polish boxer, Polish Armed Forces soldier, and a prisoner at the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Neuengamme concentration camps run by the German Nazis during World War II.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
- Bergen-Belsen concentration campDates unknown
- Bergen-Belsen concentration campDates unknown
- Neuengamme concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Tadeusz Pietrzykowski (Polish pronunciation: [taËdÉ.uÊ pjÉtÊɨËkÉfskʲi]; 8 April 1917 â 17 April 1991) was a Polish boxer, Polish Armed Forces soldier, and a prisoner at the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Neuengamme concentration camps run by the German Nazis during World War II. He was part of the first mass transport to Auschwitz in June 1940, and was transferred to Neuengamme in 1943. He is remembered as the boxing champion of Auschwitz. Pietrzykowski's life story has been the subject of several books and movies.
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