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Albert Vincent 1919 - 1944

Born 9.1.1919 in Resteigne
Died 17.11.1944 in Gusen

Memorial for Albert Vincent on the wall of the chapel of his village Belvaux (Resteigne, Belgium). Rik Verhelle read more

Adolf Rosenberger 1900 - 1945

Born 24.10.1900 in Wien
Died 31.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Adolf Rosenberger was born on 24 October 1900 as the child of a working-class Jewish family in Vienna’s Brigittenau district. He grew up in Bäuerlegasse to the north of the Augarten park ... read more

Josef Drahotský 1895 - 1941

Born 6.6.1895 in Všestary
Died 13.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Josef Drahotský was born on 6 June 1895 in the village of Vsestary near Hradec Králové in what is now the Czech Republic. His parents were farmers. He wanted to become a teacher ... read more

Silvio Luigi Agostino Chouquer 1914 - 1945

Born 27.6.1914 in Fontainemore
Died 7.1.1945 in Gusen

Silvio Luigi Agostino Chouquer was the son of Louis, who in turn was the son of Isidore, a peasant, and Célestine Marthyn, daughter of Josef, also a peasant; he himself was a peasant and ... read more

Bolesław Mellerowicz 1894 - 1941

Born 23.7.1894 in Żychów
Died 21.9.1941 in Gusen

Bolesław Mellerowicz, Catholic, Polish, well respected lawyer, loving husband and father of two daughters. My Father was born in 1894 in Poland under Russian domination (Poland was partitioned by ... read more

Vicente Tomás Mogino 1910 - 1942

Born 15.9.1910 in Muro de Alcoy
Died 6.1.1942 in Gusen

Secretary of the Revolutionary Committee of Defense (U.G.T. – P.C.E – I.R). However, before that, he was elected a town hall member. He was also a comptroller in the elections to deputies ... read more

Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης / Konstantinos Chioteris 1906 - 1944

Born 20.2.1906 in Elioli
Died 13.12.1944 in Melk

Ο Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης, του Δημητρίου &k ... read more

Franco Cetrelli 1930 - 1945

Born 24.12.1930 in La Spezia
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Franco Cetrelli was the second youngest of four siblings. Their father worked on the trams. Franco worked in Migliarina (La Spezia) as an apprentice in the photo shop of Renato Pedrini, for whom he ... 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

Giacomo Sala 1895 - 1945

Born 16.4.1895 in Agrate Brianza
Died 1.2.1945 in Gusen

Giacomo Sala, my maternal grandfather, was born in Agrate. He was incarcerated in San Vittore during March 1944. He was deported to Mauthausen on 17 March 1944 and arrived there on 20 March 1944. He ... read more