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Guido Valota

Born 3.12.1905 in Bariano
Died 5./6.4.1945 in auf dem Todesmarsch bei Steyr

Guido Valto moved to Sesto San Giovanni (Milan) in the 1920s to find work. First he worked in the Falck steel works, then as a toolmaker for the Breda Aeronautica factory. In 1942 he resigned from ... read more

Hugo Bein 1919 - 1941

Born 31.12.1919 in München
Died 11.7.1941 in Mauthausen

Father: Arthur Bein, born in Augsburg, 11.02.1887, died in Sobibor extermination camp, 02.07.1943 Mother: Flora Bein-Wolf, born in Ichenhausen, 11.05.1891, died in Sobibor extermination camp, ... read more

David Schönberg 1898 - 1944

Born 22.12.1898 in Kraków
Died 13.12.1944 in Gusen

David Schönberg was married to Liza Schönberg née Priesel. They lived in Krakow. Their three daughters Sidonia (“Syda”), Rosa (“Lalla”) and Henriette ... read more

Chaim Ajzyk Ciechanów 1908 - 1945

Born 27.7.1908 in Płońsk
Died 30.3.1945 in Ebensee

Chaim Ajzyk, a tailor, lived during the war in Antwerp (Belgium), was displaced in 1941 for a few months to Stevoort in the province of Limburg. Chaim went on transport XXV (19 May 1944) from the ... read more

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

Яков Семенович Агапов / Jakow Semenowitsch Agapow 1911 - 1942

Born 25.9.1911 in Potodeewo
Died 19.2.1942 in Mauthausen

Jakow Semenowitsch Agapow was a soldier and artillery gunner of the 53th battery of the 55th light artillery regiment, 61th Infantry Division. On 16 August 1941 he was taken as a prisoner near Gomel. ... read more

Augustyn Łukosz 1884 - 1940

Born 17.8.1884 in Stonava / Stonawa
Died 27.10.1940 in Gusen

Augustyn Łukosz was born in Stonava, in the present-day Czech Republic. He became a railwayman, lived in Łąka and held Polish citizenship. For three years he attended the Polish primary school in St ... read more

Karel Hašler 1879 - 1941

Born 31.10.1879 in Praha
Died 22.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Karel Hašler was born on 31 October 1879 into a working-class family in Praha-Zlíchova. He learned the trade of a glove maker but the theatre became his passion. He worked extensively ... read more

Bruno Sbriz 1923 - 1945

Born 17.9.1923 in San Vito al Tagliamento
Died 6.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Bruno Sbriz was enlisted in the Granatieri di Sardegna’s Regiment. After 8 September, he joined the partisan XIV Brigata Osoppo Friuli; on 6 January 1945, Bruno was arrested by the Germans at ... read more

Alfonso Ogliaro 1897 - 1945

Born 30.5.1897 in Biella
Died 20.2.1945 in Gusen

Alfonso Ogliaro was born on 30 May 1897 into a working-class family in Biella. He and his sister Vittoria were orphaned at a young age. He worked in several jobs (labourer, builder, carpenter) and ... read more