Harry Haft

Polish-Jewish boxer and Holocaust survivor (1925-2007)

Person human Q1586539

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[8]
Date of birth: July 28, 1925
Date of death: November 3, 2007
Place of birth: Bełchatów
Place of death: Pembroke Pines
Country of citizenship: Poland^[7]
Occupation: boxer
Child: Alan Scott Haft^[6]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German^[12]
Country for sport: United States^[15]
Family name: Haft^[10]
Given name: Harry^[11]
Name in native language: Harry (Hertzko) Haft^[16]
Nickname: le survivant d'Auschwitz, la bête juive^[13]^[14]
Place of detention: Auschwitz^[18]
Sport: boxing^[9]
Sports discipline competed in: heavyweight^[17]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 23

ISNI: 0000000078762954
VIAF cluster ID: 15932291
Library of Congress authority ID: n2006004460
GND ID: 132473054
BBC Things ID: a12c4e4c-ab38-44c6-aff1-fd026e04ee1f
BIBSYS ID: 1665642634310
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16970756j
BoxRec boxer ID: 12204
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10727462
DDB person (GND) ID: 132473054
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 132473054
FAST ID: 1632733

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Freebase ID: /m/0gl0c24
IdRef ID: 140396349
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2014809052
NUKAT ID: n2019218459
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007299603605171
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810539985105606
Prabook ID: 2349300
SVKKL authority ID: 0344005-Haft-Harry-19252007
WikiTree person ID: Haft-21
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJkD4KypXJQr84FbTXc3wC
Yale LUX ID: person/7bbe35cc-9eeb-4681-bc79-80f32217dfc9

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🔗 Connections

Country for sport 1

United States

Country of citizenship 1

Poland

Given name 1

Harry

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

German

Occupation 1

boxer

Place of birth 1

Bełchatów

Place of death 1

Pembroke Pines

Place of detention 1

Auschwitz

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

boxing

Sports discipline competed in 1

heavyweight

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Summary

Harry Haft was born on July 28, 1925^[1], in Bełchatów^[2]. He died on November 3, 2007^[3], in Pembroke Pines^[4]. He worked as a boxer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Harry Haft born?

Harry Haft's place of birth was Bełchatów^[2].

Where did Harry Haft die?

Harry Haft died in Pembroke Pines^[4].

What did Harry Haft do for work?

Harry Haft worked as a boxer^[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Harry Haft — place of birth (P19): Bełchatów. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Harry Haft — place of death (P20): Pembroke Pines. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Harry Haft — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Harry Haft — country of citizenship (P27): Poland. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Harry Haft — child (P40): Alan Scott Haft. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-05. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Harry Haft — occupation (P106): boxer. BoxRec. Retrieved 2022-04-22. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Harry Haft — date of birth (P569): July 28, 1925. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-07. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Harry Haft — date of death (P570): November 3, 2007. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-07. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Harry Haft — sport (P641): boxing. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Harry Haft — family name (P734): Haft. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Harry Haft — given name (P735): Harry. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Harry Haft — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-12. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Harry Haft — nickname (P1449): le survivant d'Auschwitz. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Harry Haft — nickname (P1449): la bête juive. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Harry Haft — country for sport (P1532): United States. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Harry Haft — name in native language (P1559): Harry (Hertzko) Haft. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Harry Haft — sports discipline competed in (P2416): heavyweight. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Harry Haft — place of detention (P2632): Auschwitz. wikidata.org.

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11h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Child → Alan Scott Haft

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