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Marian Rusek 1902 - 1945

Born 23.11.1902 in Kraków
Died 24.4.1945 in Mauthausen

My grandfather, father of my dad Julian Rusek, was born in Krakow and lived in the district of Wola Duchacka. He worked at a Cable Factory in Krakow doing clerical work (not sure what position he ... read more

Jan Zalewski 1896 - 1945

Born 17.1.1896 in Warszawa
Died 17.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Before the war, Jan Zalewski and his family lived at 19 Rybaki Street in Warsaw. He had a taxi company which was seized in September 1939. Later he founded a horse-drawn carriage company, where his ... read more

Jean Blum 1922 - 1943

Born 8.4.1922 in Nancy
Died 27.1.1943 in Mauthausen

Imprisonment, Sentencing, Deportation Jean Blum was born in 1922 in Nancy. In 1940 he was a pupil at the Poincaré Grammar School in Nancy. From June 1940 onwards, Nancy was located in the ... read more

Bienvenido Claramunt Izquierdo 1903 - 1943

Born 25.6.1903 in Barcelona
Died 11.11.1943 in Gusen

My grandfather was Catalan and he lived in Barcelona on Calle Parlament corner Viladomat. He was married to Maria Ruiz (my grandmother) and had a son Manel Claramunt (my father) who was barely one ... 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

Филипп Георгиевич Остриков / Filipp Georgiewitsch Ostrikow 1901 - 1942

Born 21.1.1901 in Petropawlowsk
Died 9.5.1942 in Mauthausen

Filipp Georgievich Ostrikov was born on 21 January 1901 in Petropavlovsk into a poor peasant family of four children: three sons and a daughter. His childhood was marked by deprivation. After the ... read more

Karl Lösch 1901 - 1943

Born 14.9.1901 in Berlin
Died 2.4.1943 in Gusen

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Dávid Perl 1918 - 1944

Born 24.4.1918 in Rona de Sus
Died 14.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Dávid Perl was the son of Feige and Ferenz Perl. He had two brothers, Márton Perl (14 April 1919–31 January 1945) and Oscar Perl (9 September 1926–13 January 2018). Ephraim ... read more

Ján Bulík 1897 - 1942

Born 1.1.1897 in Kovačica
Died 30.1.1942 in Mauthausen

Ján Bulík came from a patriotic peasant family of Slovakian settlers in the Serbian region of the Banat. After finishing primary school he attended the Serbian grammar school in Novi ... read more

Jan Vážný 1891 - 1942

Born 1.1.1891 in Praha
Died 18.4.1942 in Mauthausen

Jan Vážný attended the grammar school in Truhlářská Street in Prague, gaining his school leaving certificate in 1909 with distinction. From 1909 to 1913 he studied law at t ... read more