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Read more: https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/olympic-perspective-alfred-nakache-the-swimmer-of-auschwitz-what-it-means-to-overcome/
TIL of Alfred Nakache, a Jewish-French swimmer who held the 200m men’s breaststroke record, was deported to Auschwitz where his wife and daughter were murdered, yet came back to compete in the 1948 London Olympics
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Tough dude. That is a heart breaking story.
I fucking hate Nazis.
He sounds like an incredibly resilient individual! I can’t even imagine what he must have felt with all that horror!
Dory was right…
Just keep swimming.