Joseph Boczov

1905–1944 (age 39)

Biography

Joseph Boczov, born in 1905, came from Romania and brought his technical skill to the French Resistance, becoming a key figure in the sabotage groups that operated around Ivry-sur-Seine and risking everything to slow the machinery of occupation.

He was arrested and executed in 1944, yet his legacy lives on among those who remember how he and his comrades harnessed expertise and solidarity to defend the ideals of liberty.

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