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Stanisław Renz 1894 - 1942

Born 24.4.1894 in Bednary
Died 26.12.1942 in Gusen

Stanisław Renz was born on 24 April 1894 in Bednary (Poznań poviat), son of Michał and mother Józefina, née Firlejkowa. He graduated from the elementary school in Wronczyn. Until the a ... read more

Livio Cracco 1911 - 1945

Born 14.11.1911 in Schio
Died 3.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Livio Cracco was the son of Giovanni Cracco and Bona Zaltron. Despite his humble background and his job, he had a certain level of education, which he nurtured in his spare time by reading books. ... 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

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

Алекса Сладоје / Aleksa Sladoje 1900 - 1943

Born .2.1900 in Obalj
Died 8.9.1943 in Steyr

Aleksa Sladoje was born in 1900 in Obalj, Austria-Hungary (today: Bosnia and Herzegovina) to Mijo and Cvijeta Sladoje. He had four brothers, three sisters and a half-sister. As a child, he moved to ... read more

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

Λέων Μπέτσικας / Leon Betsikas 1917 - 1945

Born 3.3.1917 in Chania
Died 24.4.1945 in Ebensee

Leon Betsikas was born on 3 March 1917 in Hania and he lived with his parents (Raphael and Perla) and his four sisters (Hrysoula, Anna, Sterina und Sara) near the Etz Hayyim Synagogue in the old town ... read more

Stanisław Polowiak 1902 - 1941

Born 19.3.1902 in Kalisz
Died 17.9.1941 in Gusen

He lived in Kalisz (Poland). He was the second husband of Marianna. His last known address in Kalisz was 4 Rzeźnicza Street. Rita Krawczyk, great-granddaughter of his step-daughter Wanda read more

Marija Hafner 1914 - 1942

Born 29.11.1914 in Stražišče
Died 20.4.1942 in Mauthausen

On 16 April 1942 the Slovenian resistance movement shot five German collaborators, among them the German mayor of Jesenice, Karl Luckmann.  As a reprisal for this action, SS Gruppenführer ... read more

Jaroslav Starý 1891 - 1942

Born 22.4.1891 in Sobín / Praha-Zličín
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

The history of the Starý family Youth and Growing Up Jaroslav Starý was born on 22 April 1891 in Sobíňov to parents Josef Starý and Josefa Stará. He trained as a ... read more