Mario Minetti 1914 - 1944
Born 21.7.1914 in Ponti
Died 19.10.1944 in Gusen
My grandfather Mario Minetti (prisoner number 58994) was born in Ponti, in the province of Alessandria, into a peasant family; while still very young he moved to live with relatives in Vado Ligure ... read more
Isidre Malla Carrera 1912 - 1942
Born 9.5.1912 in Caldes de Montbui
Died 15.1.1942 in Gusen
Born in Caldes de Montbui on 9 May 1912, the son of Pau Malla Padrós and Dolors Carrera Vilanova, he was single and working as construction worker. He used to live in 9 Doctor Robert Square in ... read more
Vittorio Benzi 1927 - 1945
Born 22.3.1927 in Vinchio
Died 22.3.1945 in Gusen
Vittorio Benzi (prisoner number 115373), marked as a partisan through his participation in a mission in Mombercelli and categorised as dangerous, was arrested by the Nazi Fascists on 3 December 1944 ... read more
Max Bornstein 1924 - 1945
Born 8.6.1924 in Wien
Died 24.2.1945 in Gusen
I know very little about my uncle, as my mother, who survived Auschwitz, never told me about her family. The information I have is from what I was told by my uncle's classmates. My uncle was ... read more
Kaare Moursund 1895 - 1944
Born 27.3.1895 in Tromsø
Died 4.12.1944 in Melk
Kaare Moursund was born on 27 March 1895 in Tromsø as the fourth child of the lawyer and bank director Carl Anton Moursund and his wife Theodora Giæver. He trained as a ship’s ... read more
Zachariasz Lesz 1892 - 1945
Born 28.5.1892 in Piotrków
Died 7.1.1945 in Melk
Zachariasz Lesz was the son of Szmuel Jakob Lesz and Ruchla Laja Lesz. Zachariasz’s true name was Szbasia Zachariasz Lesz, b. 28 May 1892 in Petrikau, Polen. He was an uncle to Jack Budkowski ... read more
Eugeniusz Olczak 1922 - 1945
Born 21.6.1922 in Żyrardów
Died 19.3.1945 in Gusen
Eugeniusz "Bogdan" Olczak, born 21 June 1922 in Żyrardów, son of Roman and Genowefa (née Koziarek). Scout troop leader of the 79th Troop in Skierniewice. Deported to Mauthausen; ... read more
Franz Pfau 1910 - 1940
Born 1.1.1910 in Staad bei Rohrschach
Died 7.5.1940 in Mauthausen
Franz Pfau was born on 1 January 1910 in Staad bei Rohrschach (Switzerland). A unmarried miner whose last known address was his mother’s house in Ravensburg, he was arrested in April 1938 on ... read more
Jules de Roy 1910 - 1942
Born 29.5.1910 in Wilrijk
Died 3.9.1942 in Gusen
Julius Petrus Leonard de Roy, captivated in Breendonk, arrested because he was a patriot. Anja Joris, great niece read more
Rafael Juan Montero 1918 - 1942
Born 7.11.1918 in Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo
Died 10.1.1942 in Mauthausen
He was born on 07/11/1918 in Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo (Córdoba). Rafael was a miner, born when the mining area of his home town became one of the most important industrial centre in ... read more
