Searching For Victor “Young” Perez: The Boxer Of Auschwitz

A documentary. Victor “Young” Perez, was a Jewish french boxer. He was born in Tunisia as Masu'd Hai Peretz. The french actor, Tomer Sisley wanted to make a movie about Victor's life. Victor rose to great fame in 1931 as the youngest world champion in boxing history. Victor was deported to Auschwitz, where he was forced to box in the concentration camp for the amusement of the guards. This documentary follows Sisley on his quest to learn more about Perez’s story and to meet the last people who knew Perez and the secret of his tragic fate.