The Anti-Fascist Heroes
Francisco Boix: The Photographer of Mauthausen Who Made Nazi Leaders Pay
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Captured during WWII, Spanish Republican Francisco Boix was sent to Mauthausen concentration camp, where he worked in the photo lab. Risking certain death, he smuggled thousands of incriminating SS photographs out of the camp. After the war, his images exposed SS crimes and linked top Nazi leaders to Mauthausen. This is the incredible story of a man who turned a camera into a weapon for justice.
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