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August 5, 2024

The French Jewish Swimmer Who Returned to the Olympics after Auschwitz

Alfred Nakache.

With the Paris Olympics in full swing, it seems an appropriate time to read the story of Alfred “Artem” Nakache, an Algerian-born Jew who came to Paris in the 1930s to pursue his promising career as a swimmer. Sarah Abrevaya Stein writes:

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