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Alan Scott Haft is the oldest son of HARRY HAFT. He graduated from Queens College in 1973, and received his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1978. In 2003, Alan collected the oral history of his father's experiences in concentration camps as a boy, and his experiences as a professional boxer: from Auschwitz to his fight with ...
May 2, 2022 · Alan Scott Haft recalled that in 2007, a few months before his father died of lung cancer at 82, he was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. A journalist asked him if he had...
Alan Scott Haft was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1950. A first-generation college student, he graduated from Queens College in 1973 and received his J.D. from University of Miami School of Law in 1978. Alan currently lives in Albuquerque, NM with his wife Gail.
Apr 28, 2022 · In the book, Leah's last name is fictionalized as Pablanski. In real life, when Harry told his story to Alan in 2003 for the book, he could no longer remember Leah's last name. Boxer Harry Haft (left) after the war and actor Ben Foster (right) as Haft in HBO's The Survivor.
Apr 27, 2022 · The film depicts Haft killing Schneider after escaping a harrowing march between camps as Allied soldiers approached. But he did not kill Schneider. He killed a nameless SS man to don his...
Apr 27, 2022 · The two developed the movie from a script based on the biography, “Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano,” by Haft’s son, Alan Scott Haft.
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Apr 20, 2022 · Haft was a Polish Jew who survived Auschwitz by bare-knuckle boxing with other prisoners at the behest—and for the entertainment—of SS guards. Haft was protected and provided with food by an officer named Schneider as long as the prisoner continued to fight.
