#WoodStreetJourney: Discover the story of Harry Haft

Book lovers of the world unite and join us on a literary journey to support children and young people in Greater Manchester. By taking part in a #WoodStreetJourney, you can support the Wood Street Mission’s ‘Books Forever Appeal’ and help raise literacy levels here in the UK. 

Let's discuss one book ’Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano’ by Alan Scott Haft. Have you read it? If you’ve not heard of Harry Haft, he was a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp and was briefly a professional boxer in post-war Germany. Harry Haft also boxed as a light heavyweight in the USA. 

Alan Scott Haft has written this powerful account of his fathers life, which is accessible to both sporting and history enthusiasts. This is definitely a book you’ll want to keep and if you’ve read it, you’re welcome to share your thoughts with us.