Martin Hoffman was born on November 15, 1929 in Prague, then capital of the former Czechoslovakia, and suffered the Nazi deportation only surviving him of his family. His parents were deported to Theresienstadt in 1938 where they died, he and his brother managed to hide for another six years, but were eventually taken and deported to Auschwitz. Separated from his brother, after moving to various concentration camps, he was transferred to Buchenwald with a walking march in the middle of winter which saw only 127 of the 1000 departing survive. Once he arrived at the camp, he declared himself a gypsy and was put to work in the kitchens, until the Americans liberated him in 1945.

After a stay in an orphaned hostel he was assigned to a London family, the Finchley who started it in the lucrative diamond cutter trade. The family that welcomed him used to play Whist and it was there that Martin learned the game by putting on display an extraordinary predisposition.

He won Crock fords 1981, Spring Foursomes 1969 and 1976, Hubert Phillips 1970, Tollemache 1967. In add on he won Pairs Nationalo Championships inj 1966.

Married to Audrey, who has always assisted him in his activities as a writer and bridge teacher, today he is a respected professional who has partners all over the world and who has won several important International Tournaments.

Martin and Audrey had no children and used to spend the summer in London and winter in Florida.

His books, which have been translated into several languages, have made him famous among bridge players around the world.

He disappeared on May 15, 2018.