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Ben Barend Bril rođen je 16. jula 1912. u Amsterdamu, gradu domaćinu Letnjih olimpijskih igara 1928. Bio je drugo od sedmoro dece u porodici Jevreja Klartie Mofi i Abrahama Brila, koji su zarađivali prodajući ribu.
TL;DR
- Ben Bril was born in Amsterdam in 1912 to a Jewish family and lived in poverty.
- He competed in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics as a boxer in the flyweight category at age 16, making him the youngest Olympic boxer.
- He boycotted the 1936 Berlin Olympics due to the Nazi regime and openly displayed a Star of David on his boxing gear.
- Bril was arrested in 1942 and sent to concentration camps, including Vught and Bergen-Belsen.
- In the camps, he survived by boxing and was promoted to Blockälteste, responsible for barracks.
- He risked his life by refusing to carry out a punishment order on a boy in Vught.
- After the war, he became a boxing referee and official, participating in the 1964, 1968, and 1976 Olympic Games.
- Bril is remembered as a legend and a symbol of resistance, struggle, and honesty in sports.