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Banos, Les, 1923-2012
NationalityHungarian
Biography"Hungarian-born Mr. Banos was interviewed about the German occupation of his homeland during World War II, when he served in the Hungarian Nazi SS division while a spy for the Allies' OSS. He surreptitiously used his SS role to hide and assist Jews, enabling a number of them to avoid concentration camps...Before his official retirement in 1997, he worked in television starting in the 1950s for WQED and WTAE, and as a team photographer subsequently for the Pirates, the Steelers and the University of Pittsburgh athletic program."--https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2012/04/26/Obituary-Les-Banos-Spy-against-the-Nazis-longtime-sports-photographer/stories/201204260372 
