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Tadeusz Pietrzykowski

Tadeusz Pietrzykowski
Personal information
NicknameTeddy
NationalityPolish
Born(1917-04-08)8 April 1917
Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
Died17 April 1991(1991-04-17) (aged 74)
Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classBantamweight
ClubLegia Warsaw

Tadeusz Pietrzykowski (Polish pronunciation: [taˈdɛuʂ pjɛtʂɨˈkɔfskʲi]; born 8 April 1917, Warsaw – died 17 April 1991, Bielsko-Biała) was a Polish boxer, Polish Armed Forces soldier, and a prisoner at the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Neuengamme concentration camps run by the German Nazis during World War II. He was part of the first mass transport to Auschwitz in June 1940, and was transferred to Neuengamme in 1943. He is remembered as the boxing champion of Auschwitz. Pietrzykowski's life story has been the subject of several books and movies.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Au camp d'Auschwitz, la boxe fut aussi un moyen pour survivre". L'Express (in French). 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Teddy, le gladiateur d'Auschwitz". Le Figaro (in French). 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ^ Langbein, Hermann (2004). People in Auschwitz. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780807828168.
  4. ^ Fedorowicz, Andrzej. "Gladiatorzy z obozów śmierci". Focus. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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