Isidre Donadeu Buixalleu 1918 - 1941
Born 15.3.1918 in Sant Hilari Sacalm
Died 28.11.1941 in Gusen
Isidre Donadeu Buixalleu was born on March 15, 1918 in Sant Hilari Sacalm (la Selva, Girona). During the Spanish Civil War, he was part of the local Anti-Fascist Revolutionary Committee, defending ... read more
Quinto Perona 1893 - 1944
Born 9.6.1893 in Biella
Died 19.7.1944 in Gusen
In stark defiance of the regime, he experienced multiple detentions in Turin, where he lived with his family. His strong opposition to the fascist rule ultimately resulted in his deportation at the ... read more
Augustinus Herreman 1885 - 1945
Born 16.11.1885 in Sint-Niklaas
Died 10.1.1945 in Gusen
1. His story Augustinus Herreman, born on November 16, 1885, was a native of Hamme and was known as “Stin, the dyer”. In 1908 he married Célestine Vereecken and the couple had 3 ... read more
Jean Rozinoer 1920 - 1943
Born 27.6.1920 in Paris
Died 29.6.1943 in Mauthausen
As a young medical student, still single, during the Second World War Jean Rozinoer lived with his parents at 280 rue Vaugirard in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. On 11 January 1940 he took part in ... read more
Stanisław Stecki 1905 - 1942
Born 10.2.1905 in Krosno
Died 29.7.1942 in Gusen
Stanisław Michał Stecki, diminutively called "Stachurek" - was born in Krosno, a city in south-eastern Poland. He was the third child of Tadeusz and Franciszka, de domo Zielińska. The older siblings a ... read more
Duilio Manzin 1895 - 1945
Born 3.6.1895 in Vicenza
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen
Duilio Giuseppe Manzin was the son of Candido Manzin and his wife Angela, nee Rossi. Fabrizio Scabio 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
Michel Scholtes 1906 - 1945
Born 14.5.1906 in Kopstal
Died 5.5.1945 in Gusen
Michel Scholtes, a lathe operator and metalworker, was born on 14 May 1906 in Kopstal (Luxembourg). He lived there with his wife, Irmine Hensel, and two children. He had been an active trade unionist ... read more
Marco Ciocchini 1925 - 1945
Born 11.3.1925 in Talamona
Died 30.3.1945 in Gusen
Marco, son of Giovanni and Ernesta Spini, was born in Talamona (SO), Northern Italy, on 11 March 1925. He grows up in a happy farming family with many brothers and sisters. In the 1940s families in ... read more
Antonín Poláček 1900 - 1942
Born 13.1.1900 in Praha
Died 30.4.1942 in Mauthausen
My uncle Antonin Poláček was born in Prague, Nusle. He was a carpenter and worked at the Ringhoffer / Tatra in Smíchov, Prague. He was married (from 1929) with Anna ... read more
