Ramapo College Hosts Jeffrey Sussman Author Discussion

Mahwah NJ

08 November, 2021

11:04 AM

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MAHWAH, NJ — The Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will host Jeffrey Sussman who will discuss his new book, "Holocaust Fighters: Boxers, Resisters, and Avengers". The Nov. 10, virtual event is free and open to the public. It is scheduled for 7 p.m., and registration can be found here. Keep up to date with what's happening in your community by subscribing to your local Patch newsletter here. Jeffrey Sussman is the author of 15 non-fiction books, including "Big Apple Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in New York", "Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science", "Rocky Graziano: Fists, Fame, and Fortune", and "Max Baer and Barney Ross: Jewish Heroes of Boxing." His latest offering also deals with boxing, but centers on five fighters during the Holocaust. Here's more, from a news release: "The lives of five boxers who were forced to fight for their lives while imprisoned in concentration camps are explored in depth, followed by the stories of others who managed to escape captivity and reveal the truth about the death camps. Sussman also depicts in fascinating detail the acts of the Avengers, a military unit that hunted down and killed Nazi war criminals. The final portraits are of the prosecutors who brought the Nazi leaders to justice, those same leaders who watched Jewish and Gypsy boxers beat each other for their own personal entertainment. Holocaust Fighters is an incredible account of the many ways people resisted Nazi rule, providing moving portrayals of the resilience of the human spirit even in the face of incredible horrors."