Renaud Leblond Collection

Alfred Nakache (1915-1983) was a Jewish French swimmer and water polo player. A member of the French team for the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympic Games, he also swam in the first post-war Summer Olympics in London in 1948. He is one of only two Jewish athletes to have competed in the Olympics after surviving the Holocaust. Editor and writer, Renaud Leblond is the author of several books of history and investigation, including Main basse sur le genome (Anne Carriere, 2008), Le Pouvoir des sectes (Le Chene, 2009) and le Journal de Jules Rimet (First Editions, 2014). Passionate about sports, he founded the Jules Rimet Sports Literature Prize in 2012.