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Isidre Donadeu Buixalleu 1918 - 1941

Born 15.3.1918 in Sant Hilari Sacalm
Died 28.11.1941 in Gusen

Isidre Donadeu Buixalleu was born on March 15, 1918 in Sant Hilari Sacalm (la Selva, Girona). During the Spanish Civil War, he was part of the local Anti-Fascist Revolutionary Committee, defending ... read more

Andrea Zanon 1891 - 1945

Born 5.8.1891 in Schio
Died 15.3.1945 in Gusen

The family of Andrea Zanon (prisoner number 115783) originally came from Val di Rabbi (Trentino). He took part in both the Libyan War and the First World War as a mountain trooper and was awarded the ... read more

Arthur Süsskind 1912 - 1945

Born 16.6.1912 in Jülich
Died 11.4.1945 in Wien

Arthur Süsskind was the son of Julius Süsskind and Helene Süsskind, nee Hertz. Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung e.V., Düren ... read more

Joseph Renard 1902 - 1944

Born 29.4.1902 in Jemelle
Died 28.12.1944 in Gusen

Joseph Renard was a farmer, married and father of four children (at the age of eight, six, four and three, when he was arrested). He was mayor of the municipality of Wavreille since 1939. He was ... read more

Pedro Rodríguez Gil 1900 - 1941

Born 31.1.1900 in Belmez
Died 29.8.1941 in Gusen

He was born on 31/01/1900 in Belmez (Córdoba, Spain). He was married to Irene Pozo and they had three daughters. He was a boilermaker. During the Civil War he was repairing planes at the base ... read more

Solomon Baruch Kornmehl 1911 - 1945

Born 6.6.1911 in Bobowa
Died 15.1.1945 in Mauthausen

  Solomon Baruch Kornmehl was born on 8 June 1911 in Bobowa, Poland, to Ele Kornmehl Ziegeltuch and Berl Rosenberg. He had six brothers and sisters. His father was a Torah scribe for the famous ... read more

Jānis Nevidovskis 1901 - 1944

Born 26.3.1901 in Pēternieki
Died 19.5.1944 in Gusen

Jānis Nevidovskis was soldier in Latvian army till the Soviet occupation in 1940. After that, in 1942, Jānis became a member of resistance movement Latviešu Nacionālistu savienība (Latvian nat ... read more

Александр Кузьмич Яропольский / Alexandr Kusmitsch Jaropolskij 1899 - 1945

Born 9.6.1899 in Moskwa
Died 1.3.1945 in Gusen

My grandfather Alexandr Kuzmich Yaropolsky was born on 9 June (by the old Russian calendar) / 22 June (by the new Russian calendar) 1899. The family lived in Moscow near to Krasnaya Presnya Street in ... read more

Jan Marks 1906 - 1940

Born 2.12.1906 in Płock
Died 25.11.1940 in Gusen

Jan Marks, husband of Stefania née Żochowska, father of Waldemar (born 1933) and Benicjusz (born 1935). Employed as a clerk at the Polish Social Security Bureau in Warsaw. Arrested at work in ... read more

Daniel Teller 1928 - 1945

Born 10.7.1928 in Haifa
Died 8.5.1945 in Wels

Daniel was born in Haifa on 10 July 1928. His parents, Resl and Emil, had emigrated to Palestine from Czechoslovakia but returned to Hodonín when Daniel was a year old. The family lived with ... read more