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Julio Tomás Codina 1913 - 1941

Born 5.3.1913 in Pobla Llarga (la)
Died 28.11.1941 in Gusen

Julio Tomás Codina was born at 3pm on Wednesday 5 March 1913 at his family home (now 29 Sant Josep Street in La Pobla Llarga, Valencia, Spain). He was the third son of the marriage between ... read more

Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig 1896 - 1945

Born 20.6.1896 in Parenzo / Poreč
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig was one of the most important figures in Italian architecture in the 1930s. Born in Istria, he enlisted in the Italian army, even though he was a citizen of the ... read more

Maksymilian Rembelski 1910 - 1945

Born 13.10.1910 in Warszawa
Died 11.1.1945 in Ebensee

Maksymilian Rembelski was a son of Janina Rembelska and Franciszek Rembelski. He was a veterinary in Warsaw. Marta Kremky, grandniece read more

Marian Fitzmann 1899 - 1940

Born 8.9.1899 in Poznań
Died 23.11.1940 in Gusen

Marian Fitzmann was a son of Marcin Fitzmann and Anna (nee Dymaczewska). Marian was one of their six children. Marian married Franciszka Sobkowiak on 30 April 1923 in Poznań/Poland, they had two ... read more

Cornelis Carel Braggaar 1913 - 1944

Born 23.9.1913 in Amsterdam
Died 6.9.1944 in Mauthausen

After graduating from nautical college, Kees Braggaar joined the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij (Dutch Steam Shipping Line) as third helmsman. He went on some voyages to India. However, when in ... read more

Jerzy Ostrowski 1897 - 1942

Born 9.1.1897 in Chodel
Died 27.11.1942 in Gusen

Jerzy Zbigniew Ostrowski, a Polish novelist, published amongst others ‘Obok życia’, ‘Sobieradek’, ‘Sztandar na maszcie’,  ‘Chorągiew na dachu’, & ... read more

Marie Stará 1902 - 1942

Born 19.3.1902 in Praha
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

The history of the Starý family Youth and Growing Up Jaroslav Starý was born on 22 April 1891 in Sobíňov to parents Josef Starý and Josefa Stará. He trained as a ... read more

Christian Decker 1905 - 1943

Born 5.6.1905 in Düren
Died 25.3.1943 in Mauthausen

Christian Decker was the son of Johann Decker (unskilled worker) and Anna Sibilla Decker, nee Breuer. Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung e.V., ... read more

Jan Wolf 1908 - 1941

Born 13.6.1908 in Turek
Died 21.7.1941 in Gusen

His father was called Leonard Wolf, who died in 1939 and is buried in the Zbyszewski plot in the main cemetery of Turek. Leonard Wolf's headstone mentions Jan Wolf.   Georges Zbyszewski read more

Tadeusz Kowalczyk 1901 - 1940

Born 14.10.1901 in Wadowice
Died 14.10.1940 in Gusen

Tadeusz Kowalczyk was born on October 14, 1901, in Wadowice. He had three siblings. In 1918, while a fifth-year student at a high school in Przemyśl, he volunteered for the Polish Army. He was ... read more