Zishe Breitbart

Zishe Breitbart
Breitbart in 1923
Born
Siegmund Breitbart

(1893-02-22)22 February 1893
Stryków, Congress Poland
Died12 October 1925(1925-10-12) (aged 32)
Berlin, Germany
Known forStrongman feats

Siegmund Breitbart (22 February 1893 – 12 October 1925), also known popularly as Zishe or Sische Breitbart (Yiddish: זישע ברייטבאַרט), was a Polish-born circus performer, vaudeville strongman and Jewish folklore hero. He was known as the "Strongest Man in the World" and Eisenkönig ("Ironking") during the 1920s.

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