Federico Borrell García [SEP] conflict
Federico Borrell García
Federico Borrell García (January 3, 1912 – September 5, 1936) was a Spanish Republican and anarchist militiaman during the Spanish Civil War, commonly thought to be the subject in the famous Robert Capa photo "The Falling Soldier" (Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, September 5, 1936).
He was born in Benilloba, Valencian Community, and went by the nickname "Taino". He worked at a mill in Alcoi and he founded the local branch of the
La sombra del iceberg
La sombra del iceberg (Spanish for "The shadow of the iceberg") is a 2007 documentary film, that claims the photograph "The Falling Soldier" by Robert Capa was staged, and that Federico Borrell García was not the individual in the picture.
The documentary makes several claims:
- A 1937 Spanish anarchist publication claimed that Federico Borrell died behind a tree.
- A specialist in forensic science claimed after analyzing pictures of Borrell and pictures of the militiaman that the militiaman depicted is