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Culture Literature
The Teacher of Auschwitz: The previously untold story of gay WWII hero Fredy Hirsch
A young, gay, German Jew imprisoned in Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Fredy was once a beautiful young athlete destined for the Olympics - here, novelist Wendy Holden reflects on his legacy