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Josep Sariñena Esparel 1917 - 1942

Born 29.8.1917 in Barcelona
Died 30.7.1942 in Gusen

In recent years – both through our research work and through contact with relatives of victims of the National Socialist regime – we have become witnesses to genuine family dramas of the ... read more

Guglielmo Corradini 1896 - 1941

Born 6.6.1896 in Scandiano
Died 11.8.1941 in Gusen

Born in Scandiano, province of Reggio Emilia, Italy on 6 June 1896. Son of Anselmo and Benvenuta Prampolini. Profession: cement worker. As a socialist, he expatriates to Paris, France, on 20 ... read more

Samuel Marcel Lévy 1902 - 1945

Born 11.6.1902 in Périgueux
Died 4.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Samuel Lévy and his wife Yvonne, née Meyer, married on 28 January 1927 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris and had two sons: Alain, born on 7 May 1928, and Bertrand, born on 15 November ... read more

Alfred Péron 1904 - 1945

Born 22.9.1904 in Lyon
Died 12.5.1945 in Samedan

The index card for prisoner no. 37801 is filed under the name Alfred Péron. Alfred Péron displayed no distinguishing external features: he was of medium build, his nose was straight, ... read more

Franz Heller 1906 - 1944

Born 29.1.1906 in Birkesdorf / Düren
Died 6.4.1944 in Gusen

Franz Heller was the son of Arnold Heller (factory worker) and his wife Katharina Heller, nee Rauschen. Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung ... read more

Миодраг Ивковић / Miodrag Ivković 1917 - 1944

Born 30.10.1917 in Trnava
Died 15.6.1944 in Hartheim

Miodrag Ivković was born on 30 October 1917 in Trnava. Already a well-known Communist before the war, at the end of May 1941 he was added to the wanted list of the special police force for his ... 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

Martin Vrijens 1908 - 1942

Born 5.7.1908 in Kanne
Died 20.12.1942 in Gusen

Martin Vrijens was a teacher at St-Jansschool in Waterschei / Genk / Limburg. From 1929 he taught in that school, in the beginning, the French-speaking children of the 1st and 2nd academic year. He ... read more

Józef Buchna 1896 - 1941

Born 30.7.1896 in Kęty
Died 27.9.1941 in Gusen

Josef Buchna (train conductor), born in Großkatz (today Kęty), district Neustadt, West Prussia, was the son of Emil Buchna and his wife Juliane Buchna, nee Wolschen. Lothar Böling, ... read more

Leopold Franciscus Dael 1907 - 1945

Born 12.9.1907 in Venlo
Died 1.3.1945 in Mauthausen

The brothers Jan and Leo Dael came from a large Catholic family. Leopold Dael Sen. and his wife Helena Maassen had nine children: four boys and five girls. Leopold was an energetic and successful ... read more