What is Martin Hoffman?
[[File:Martin Hoffman.jpg|right|200px]] '''Martin Joseph Hoffman''' (15 November 1929 – 15 May 2018) was a Czech-born British professional [[contract bridge|bridge]] player and writer of Jewish descent.<ref name=EBU>{{cite web |url=http://www.ebu.co.uk/biographies/martin-hoffman |title=Martin Hoffman |website=[[English Bridge Union]] |access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://45aid.org/011/ |title=Martin Hoffman |website=Holocaust Survivor's '45 Aid Society |first=Audrey |last=Hoffman |access-date=11 February 2017 |archive-date=12 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212164348/http://45aid.org/011/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was born in [[Prague]].<ref name=HoPP>{{cite book |title=Hoffman on Pairs Play |url=https://archive.org/details/hoffmanonpairspl0000hoff |first=Martin |last=Hoffman |publisher=[[Faber and Faber]] |date=1982 |isbn=0-571-11750-3}}</ref> He was a survivor of the [[Holocaust]] and transported to [[Auschwitz]]. He was later moved to the [[Monowitz-Buna]], [[Gross Rosen]] and [[Birkenau]] sub-camps of Auschwitz; and from there he was sent on a [[death march]] towards [[Buchenwald]]. In 1945, he was liberated by American Army troops, who adopted him as mascot, with the honorary rank of sergeant. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffman, Martin}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Sportspeople from London]] [[Category:Contract bridge players]] [[Category:Czech Jews]] [[Category:Holocaust survivors]] [[Category:Jewish sportspeople]] [[Category:Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Prague]] {{sports-bio-stub}}