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Luigi Briani 1900 - 1944

Born 24.1.1900 in Desio
Died 17.10.1944 in Gusen

Crane operator at the Breda works. Picked up from his apartment by the Fascist militia on 12 April 1944 for participating in the Breda strikes and subsequently taken to the following jails and ... read more

Marian Wiewiórkowski 1910 - 1941

Born 7.8.1910 in Opatówek
Died 6.4.1941 in Gusen

From 1937 my grandfather was the postmaster in Opatówek near Kalisz. He was imprisoned in Opatówek and in Kalisz, then deported to the Dachau concentration camp and subsequently to the ... read more

Schulim Rottenberg 1897 - 1944

Born 18.9.1897 in Kraków
Died 4.12.1944 in Mauthausen

This is my great-grandfather. He was married to Regina Nüchtern and they had two children, Edward and Arnold. Arnold and Regina were murdered at Birkenau, but Edward survived and lived to be in ... read more

Ivan Godec 1921 - 1944

Born 27.10.1921 in Trbovlje
Died 17.3.1944 in Redl-Zipf

Ivan (Johann) Godec was a very enigmatic personality and still many questions concerning his personality remain unanswered. He was trained as an electrician or an engineer. After schooling, he was ... read more

Novak Oparušić 1909 - 1944

Born 7.7.1909 in Donji Petrovci
Died 25.7.1944 in Linz

Novak Oparušić was born as son of Zorka and Despot Oparušić in the village of Donji Petrovci in Vojvodina, Serbia, a little village of around 1.000 inhabitants, mostly farmers. His f ... read more

Giuseppe Griva 1905 - 1945

Born 30.8.1905 in Poirino
Died 13.3.1945 in Gusen

Giuseppe Griva was the eldest of six siblings. He had always refused to join the Fascist Party. Finding no work in Italy, in 1930 he emigrated to France, working there first as a bricklayer and then ... read more

Alfredo Brambilla 1915 - 1945

Born 8.7.1915 in Zürich
Died 3.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Alfredo Brambilla was an Italian electrician who was born on 8 July 1915 in Zurich. His wife was called Rita Nava. He had one child. On 11 March 1944 he was arrested by the Verona security police and ... read more

Josef Wittmann 1889 - 1940

Born 11.11.1889 in Lappersdorf
Died 26.3.1940 in Mauthausen

Josef Wittmann served in WWI. He had no natural children, but did have three stepchildren with his marriage to Emma Schadewitz Delion: Irene Delion, Maria (Maya) Delion, and Heinz ... read more

Иван Александрович Александров / Iwan Alexandrowitsch Alexandrow 1905 - 1945

Born 20.4.1905 in Pensa
Died 7.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Ivan Alexandrovich Alexandrov was born on 20 April 1905 in the Russian city of Penza. Nothing is known about Ivan’s parents. The Alexandrov brothers – Boris, Ivan and Alexandr – ... read more