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Dino Francini 1898 - 1945

Born 2.7.1898 in Firenze
Died 17.1.1945 in Gusen

Dino Francini had lost his young wife Bianca in 1929 when she died shortly after giving birth. Their two children, a two and a half year-old boy and a thirteen day-old girl, remained with their ... read more

Вукола Тепавчевић / Vukola Tepavčević 1899 - 1944

Born 26.2.1899 in Kalinovik
Died 13.11.1944 in Hartheim

Vukola and his wife Milja had seven children, six sons and one daughter (my mother), 14 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. Only two of Vukola’s and ... read more

Kurt Kelman 1896 - 1945

Born 6.1.1896 in Berlin
Died 29.4.1945 in Ebensee

Carpenter. Arrested on 18 February 1943. Arrived in Auschwitz on 20 February 1943. Wife: Irma Kelman, nee Schwarzenberger – fate unknown. Michael Samuels, researcher   read more

Piotr Budzyński 1896 - 1945

Born 24.6.1896 in Kijany
Died 28.2.1945 in Gusen

Before the war, Piotr Budzynski lived at the old town square of Warsaw, Poland. He was sent to Mauthausen concentration camp from Warsaw, Poland in September 1944 during a round-up. Family: His ... read more

Jules de Roy 1910 - 1942

Born 29.5.1910 in Wilrijk
Died 3.9.1942 in Gusen

Julius Petrus Leonard de Roy, captivated in Breendonk, arrested because he was a patriot. Anja Joris, great niece read more

Bronisław Śniegocki 1902 - 1944

Born 31.8.1902 in Niesłuchowo
Died 31.8.1944 in Hartheim

My father Bronisław Śniegocki was born on 31 August 1902 in Niesłuchowo into an impoverished noble family. He was granted a middle school education. He had four siblings: three brothers and one si ... read more

Márton Perl 1892 - 1944

Born 12.10.1892 in Sikátor
Died 27.12.1944 in Melk

Márton Perl was the son of Feige and Ferenz Perl. He had two brothers, Dávid Perl (24 April 1918–14 September 1944) and Oscar Perl (9 September 1926–13 January ... read more

Eugène Michel Pierre Lavergne 1911 - 1945

Born 6.12.1911 in Paris
Died 16.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Eugène Michel Pierre Lavergne, known to all as Pierre, was unmarried and an engineer. In the Second World War he distinguished himself during fighting on the Saarland border through his ... read more

Wincenty Gołębiewski 1909 - 1944

Born 19.7.1909 in Bieżuń
Died 8.11.1944 in Linz

We are questing for the completion of a story told years after as a result of a selection performed by the Germans at Dulag 121 camp in Pruszków in Poland Wincenty Gołębiewski went missing. Z ... read more

Karel van Bever 1897 - 1944

Born 10.11.1897 in Vilvoorde
Died 20.3.1944 in Mauthausen

Karel Jozef Lodewijk van Bever was born on 10 November 1897 as the son of Hendrik van Bever and Maria Catherina De Kerck in Vilvoorde. His father, Hendrik van Bever, was a baker and a founding member ... read more