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Boix Deposition: A signed copy of Boix’s July 30, 1945, deposition (9
pages, typewritten in French) submitted by the French Ministry of Justice
to the JAG War Crimes Branch, chiefly citing the text from Franz Ziereis’s
deathbed confession. (Box 334, folder 4, location: 290/59/12/03)
Boix Testimony: See Trial Record, Vol. XII, pp. 3438–3449 (Box 340,
folder 2, location: 290/59/12/04). Photographs of the trial proceedings
including trial photo #46/107 showing prosecution witness Boix being cross­
examined on May 11, 1946. (Box 337, folder 3, location: 290/59/12/03)
Prosecution Exhibit #153: Among the 71 photographs included as pros­
ecution exhibits in the Mauthausen main camp trial, 30 (b&w, 7 by 9 in.)
are attributed to Boix and identified by captions and dates on the reverse
side in Boix’s handwriting. Most are dated 1942 or 1943. Subjects include
views of Mauthausen and sub­camp Gusen, atrocities (executions, inmates
shot while trying to escape, grave sites), and Russian prisoners of war. Also
included are February 2, 1945, photos of Russian Block 20, scene of an
attempted mass escape, and a photo of the dead in the Russian lager dated
March 5, 1945. (Box 345, folder 5, location: 290/59/12/04)
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Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell, a Spanish­language documentary film
on the life of Boix, directed by Llorenc Soler and based on the historical
research of Benito Bermejo Sanchez. (With English subtitles, a gift to NARA
from Bermejo Sanchez)
Francisco Boix, el fotografo de Mauthausen by Benito Bermejo Sanchéz
(Barcelona, 2002), subtitled “Photographs of Francisco Boix and the cap­
tured archive of the SS at Mauthausen,” this Spanish­language book repro­
duced many of the Boix photographs, including those from NARA, with the
story of Boix’s life. (A gift from Bermejo Sanchez)
II.4 Investigative Records of the Dawes Mission
In September and October 1944, a group of 21 U.S. military and civilian per­
sonnel, members of the 2677th Regiment, Office of Strategic Services, were
flown from Bari, Italy, to Tri Duby, Slovakia. These men were engaged in an
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