4 real historical locations · Germany, Poland
A Polish film depicting the true story of Tadeusz Pietrzykowski, a boxer who survived Auschwitz by fighting for the entertainment of SS guards, winning over 40 fights against opponents much larger than himself. Sport as a means of survival.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Germany, Poland.
Tadeusz 'Teddy' Pietrzykowski, a Polish boxing champion, survives Auschwitz by defeating SS guards and German prisoners in organised fights — each win buying...
Tadeusz Pietrzykowski arrived at Auschwitz on the very first prisoner transport in June 1940. He won approximately 40 boxing matches in the camp, never losing. Winning provided better food rations and reduced the risk...
View location →Tadeusz 'Teddy' Pietrzykowski fights in the camp boxing ring, defeating Kapos and SS men. Each win buys him extra food, protection, and the morale-sustaining...
Pietrzykowski won approximately 40 fights in the camp. His opponents included German Kapos and SS men who underestimated him. He survived the war and resumed a boxing career in Poland.
View location →Pietrzykowski is an accomplished boxer in pre-war Kraków before his arrest. The film establishes him as a man whose fists become survival tools in a context ...
Tadeusz Pietrzykowski (1917–1991) was a competitive boxer in pre-war Poland. He was arrested in June 1940 and transported to Auschwitz in the first mass transport of Polish prisoners.
View location →Transferred to Neuengamme and then Bergen-Belsen as the Soviets advance, Pietrzykowski survives the death marches and camp evacuations, eventually liberated ...
As Soviet forces approached in 1944–45, camp populations were marched west in brutal conditions. Neuengamme held nearly 100,000 prisoners over its operation; 42,900 died.
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