Harry Stein (boxer)
Harry Stein (born January 20, 1905 in Bytom, than East Prussia; date of death unknown, before 1948) was a German boxing champion in 1922 and 1923 in the flyweight division (- 51 kg).[1]
Stein appeared as himself in the 1930 film Liebe im Ring (Love in the Ring), along with the boxers Jose Santa, and Max Schmeling in the lead role as a boxer.[2]
Stein, of Jewish origin, fled from Berlin to Prague in 1933, further 1945 to Moscow. Up to his death, he trained Russian amateur boxers there.[3]
Further reading
- Martina Lang: "Zurück im Ring!" Jüdische Boxer im Österreich und im Deutschland der Zwischenkriegszeit, in transversal. Zeitschrift für jüdische Studien, Year 14, № 2, University of Graz, Studienverlag, Graz 2013 ISSN 1607-629X pp. 77 – 99; Stein p. 89 et sqq.(in German)
References
- ↑ "Harry Stein - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopedia". Retrieved August 4, 2009.
- ↑ "Liebe im Ring (1930)". Retrieved August 4, 2009.
- ↑ Der Spiegel № 21, May 21, 1952 Siege ohne Retusche in German and jungle world, 2012
External links
- Career record at Boxrec.com
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