Lyn Julius
Alfred Nakache: From Holocaust Survivor to Olympic Champion
Summary
Born in the Algerian city of Constantine to a Jewish family, Alfred Nakache (1915–1983) became a celebrated French swimming champion. In 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz, but within three years following the end of the war, he became the first Holocaust survivor to earn a place on an Olympic team, and only one of two ever to do so. In this inspiring presentation, we will look closely at his remarkable life story.
Lyn Julius
Lyn Julius was born in the UK and educated at the French Lycée in London and the University of Sussex. The daughter of Jewish refugees from Iraq, she is a journalist and founder of Harif, the UK Association of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa (www.harif.org). Lyn blogs daily at Point of No Return (www.jewishrefugees.org.uk). Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Huffington Post, Jewish News, and Jerusalem Post. She has a regular column in the Times of Israel and JNS News. Her book Uprooted: How 3,000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight has been translated in to Norwegian, Portuguese and Arabic, and a Hebrew version is in progress.