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  1. (1883โ€“1925), popular entertainer, circus strongman, and folk hero. Billed as โ€œthe strongest man in the worldโ€ in the 1920s, Zishe (Siegmund) Breitbart was better known to his Yiddish-speaking audiences as Shimshn-hagibr (Samson the Mighty).
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    Zishe Breitbart - Wikipedia

    Siegmund Breitbart (22 February 1893 โ€“ 12 October 1925), also known popularly as Zishe or Sische Breitbart (Yiddish: ื–ื™ืฉืข ื‘ืจื™ื™ื˜ื‘ืึทืจื˜), 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 โ€ฆ See more

    Breitbart was born into an observant Jewish family of blacksmiths in Stryków near ลódลบ (Poland), onโ€ฆ See more

    Breitbart performed extensively in Europe and America touring with the Circus Busch using a strength act themed to fit his former background as a blacksmith. He bent iron bars around his arm in floral patterns, bit through iron chains or tore them apart, and โ€ฆ See more

    Breitbart was played by Finnish strongman Jouko Ahola in a highly fictionalized account of his life in Werner Herzog's 2001 film Invincible.
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    Breitbart died eight weeks after he accidentally injured himself during a strongman demonstration in Radom (Poland). He stabbed himself in the knee with a spike he โ€ฆ See more

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