On her Instagram account, French athlete Prescillia Bavoil, known as Lya Bavoil (@lya_powerlift), shares a moving video. Over a soundtrack that she summarizes in a simple phrase— "Thanks to the haters ...

On the evening of April 18, 1943, as Lya and Elly Meijers were being bundled up by their parents, they were told, “You’re going away for a few days.” The day before, the girls had celebrated their ...