Algerian Jewish swimmer who set world records and swam for France at the 1936 Olympics. Deported to Auschwitz in 1943, he survived, lost his wife and daughter, and returned to swim for France at the 1948 Olympics.
Swimmer · 1915–1983
Algerian Jewish swimmer who set world records and swam for France at the 1936 Olympics. Deported to Auschwitz in 1943, he survived, lost his wife and daughter, and returned to swim for France at the 1948 Olympics.
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