Sussman delivers a gut-wrenching, one-two punch in this revealing account of Jewish boxers who were forced to fight in life-and-death bouts for the sick and twisted pleasure of their Nazi captors. A heavyweight of a book.

Allan Zullo, author of We Fought Back: Teen Resisters of the Holocaust and Escape: Children of the Holocaust

This powerful book reminds me of why I am haunted by the Holocaust. It is a fine and thorough narrative that gives true meaning to fighting for survival in the face of the horror and cruelty of the Nazi's genocide against the Jews.

Steven A. Ludsin, member of the President's Commission on the Holocaust and the first U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council that created the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC

Holocaust Fighters is a powerful, moving, emotional, hard-hitting look at one of the darkest eras in history. It will brand its imprint in your mind and make you want to shout, 'NEVER AGAIN!'

Randy Gordon, host of Sirius XM's “Friday Night Fights”, former New York State Athletic Commissioner and editor in chief of Ring Magazine

A fresh perspective into the Nazi thirst for power and the fighters who battled for victory. Readers will be swept up by Sussman’s provocative insights.

Thorin R. Tritter, museum and programming director, The Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, Long Island

So who were those gladiators whose fists won them the right to go on living?” asks Jeffrey Sussman in the opening pages of this masterful work. It’s a poignant question, and he does an excellent job answering it. Sussman doesn’t merely offer brief thumbnail sketches of these remarkable men--he fleshes them out. We feel their pain, their sense of anguish, and come to understand their heroism. In an evil-infested Nazi Empire bent on the systematic destruction of the Jewish People, the reader is introduced to tough, clever, and magnificent men who refused to be beaten.

Peter Wood, author of The Boy Who Hit Back, Confessions of a Fighter, and A Clenched Fist; middleweight alternate in the 1976 Maccabiah Games

Jeffrey Sussman's Holocaust Fighters comes at an important time. Knowledge of the Holocaust is fading as the years pass. This book is for those who need to improve their knowledge of the Holocaust. Jewish boxing fans will appreciate it as an introduction to Holocaust boxers.

The Jewish Boxing Blog