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Wilhelm Korczowski 1895 - 1941

Born 21.5.1895 in Lwów / Lviv
Died 14.1.1941 in Gusen

Wilhelm Korczowski (born 21 May 1895 in Lwów) was arrested in April 1940 and first deported on 5 May 1940 to German concentration camp Dachau (prisoner number 7372). On 26 June 1940 he was ... read more

Alfons Haid 1883 - 1940

Born 18.11.1883 in Wien
Died 3.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Alfons Haid was born on 18 November 1883 in Gablitz near Vienna and lived in Austria until 1909. At first he worked as a casual labourer in industry and agriculture before finally becoming a ... read more

Angelo Giuseppe Biffi 1909 - 1945

Born 11.6.1909 in Villa d'Adda
Died 2.5.1945 in Gusen

Angelo Giuseppe Biffi was the eldest of four children from a peasant family. Following the sudden death of his father, Angelo had to support his mother and three siblings from his wages. With the ... read more

Władysław Traczyński 1887 - 1941

Born 20.5.1887
Died 25.8.1941 in Gusen

My great-grandfather - Władysław Tkaczyński, born on May 20, 1887, was the head of the primary school in Pajęczno. Agnieszka, great-grandfather  read more

Paul Wallis 1900 - 1940

Born 15.11.1900 in Wien
Died 11.3.1940 in Mauthausen

Paul Wallis was born on 15 November 1900 in Vienna.[1] Although a Catholic, his family background meant the Nazis classified him as Jew. A single man, he lived in Innsbruck and was a member of the ... read more

Bohumil Libánský 1901 - 1942

Born 28.7.1901 in Praha
Died 9.7.1942 in Mauthausen

Bohumil Libánský was an architect in Prague. He had a wife (Růžena Libánská) and a daughter, Rita (Růžena) Lepší (née Libánská) who was s ... read more

Józef Rzyman 1894 - 1941

Born 17.3.1894 in Sucha Górna
Died 8.12.1941 in Hartheim

Józef Rzyman was married to Anna Rzymanova (nee Przeczekova) and lived in Łazy. They had two children, Wanda Rzymanova and Tadeusz Rzyman. Józef was on the town council and also ... read more

Amedeo Tamussin 1925 - 1945

Born 24.8.1925 in Collina
Died 30.3.1945 in St. Aegyd

As a young resistance fighter, my brother Amedeo joined the Brigate Garibaldi in Carnic Friuli. He did so in the first place to fight for the independence of his homeland, but also to fight against ... read more

Jakub Schreiber 1894 - 1945

Born 24.3.1894 in Brzesko
Died 3.2.1945 in Gusen

Janek (Jakub) Schreiber was a middle-class businessman who had a small shop in Kraków, where he sold leather and shoe supplies. He and his cherished wife, Adela ... read more

Janusz Szaybo 1904 - 1944

Born 23.5.1904 in Starachowice
Died 9.11.1944 in Mauthausen

Janusz Szaybo came from a technically gifted nobleman's family connected with Starachowice for many years. He was born in 1904. As a sixteen-year-old adolescent he took part in the Polish-Bolshevik ... read more