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Antonio Rigoni 1883 - 1945

Born 4.2.1883 in Asiago
Died 6.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Antonio Domenico Rigoni was a priest.   Fabrizio Scabio (2018)   ***   Priest of the hamlet of Posta di Lastebasse (Vicenza). Son of Claudiano and Maria Lobbia. Originally from ... read more

Antonio Ruedas Gómez 1905 - 1941

Born 5.6.1905 in Cuevas del Almanzora
Died 29.7.1941 in Gusen

He was married to Rufina Gomez Perez and they lived in Barcelona with their six children, Mariana, Tomas, Francisca, Jose, Gabriela and Juan. He left his home and his family when the Francoist ... read more

Xhevdet Doda 1906 - 1945

Born 18.5.1906 in Prizren
Died 5.1.1945 in Gusen

Xhevdet Doda was born in Prizren and was a teacher before joining the movement against Fascism. Doda was arrested and interned at the Porto Romano camp, from where he escaped and rejoined the fight ... read more

Jacopo Dentici 1926 - 1945

Born 11.9.1926 in Rio Grande do Sul
Died 1.3.1945 in Gusen

After Jacopo’s birth his family returned to Italy and settled in Voghera (Pavia province). Jacopo attended the Grattoni grammar school and thanks to his talent, he began to study physics at the ... read more

Николай Валков / Nikolaj Walkow 1904 - 1943

Born 27.7.1904 in Bekowo
Died 17.4.1943 in Mauthausen

Family: wife Ekaterina Alexandrowna Murawjewa, son Alexander Nikolajewitsch Walkow Elena Makarchuk, granddaughter read more

Ignác Polášek 1900 - 1941

Born 26.6.1900 in Stará Lesná
Died 4.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Ignác Polášek, born in Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí 143 (profession: smith), participant in the Sokol's anti-Nazi resistance in E. Klímek's group ... read more

Henri Levin 1908 - 1945

Born 5.5.1908 in Wilno / Vilnius
Died 30.3.1945 in Ebensee

The life of Henri Levin/Lewin has been rebuilt by a class of the International French Lyceum of Vilnius, in Lithuania, where he is born. The class was part of the French project "Convoi 77", about ... read more

Izidor Blum 1896 - 1945

Born 16.7.1896 in Cepari
Died 19.3.1945 in Melk

Izidor (Israel Leib) Blum was born to Wolf and Golda Blum on 16 July 1896, in Cepari/Bistritz, Transylvania, the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He had four brothers: ... read more

Charles Dainville 1915 - 1945

Born 30.1.1915 in Strépy-Bracquegnies
Died 6.1.1945 in Gusen

REPORT FROM THE MOUVEMENT NATIONAL BELGE (HAINAUT): During the Occupation he developed the MNB (Mouvement National Belge) in the region (of La Louvière) then in the sector then in the zone ... read more

Fritz Bockius 1882 - 1945

Born 11.5.1882 in Bubenheim
Died 5.3.1945 in Mauthausen

A lawyer with a doctorate, in 1919 Fritz Bockius was elected to the Mainz district council and district committee as a member of the Deutsche Zentrumspartei (or Zentrum for short – the German ... read more