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(HOLOCAUST). Julius Fucik. Reportaje Al Pie De La Horca [“Notes from the Gallows.”] With a poem by Pablo Neruda. First Spanish edition. Photographic plates. Original color illustrated wrappers by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera. pp. 128. Browned. Light wear to covers. 8vo. México: Fondo de Cultura Popular 1952 Account written by Julius Fučík (1903-43), a Czechoslovak journalist, active member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and part of the forefront of anti-Nazi resistance. Fučík was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the Nazis. The present book, composed while incarcerated, was smuggled out by a sympathetic prison guard. Account written by Julius Fučík (1903-43), a Czechoslovak journalist, active member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and part of the forefront of anti-Nazi resistance. Fučík was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the Nazis. The present book, composed while incarcerated, was smuggled out by a sympathetic prison guard.