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