Zbigniew Kowalski 1922 - 1940
Born 9.4.1922 in Brzeszcze
Died 9.8.1940 in Gusen
In the period leading up to September 1939, Zbigniew Kowalski was a pupil of the grammar school in Kęty, which was in present-day Kościuszko Street. Before his arrest he worked, like his father K ... read more
Ola Kaare Sindre Hofmo 1905 - 1945
Born 16.4.1905 in Oslo
Died 23.1.1945 in Gusen
Ola Hofmo was a journalist by profession. When, in August 1940, the Arbeideren newspaper for which he worked was banned by the Germans, he continued to work as an editor for the underground ... read more
Vincenc Mašek 1889 - 1942
Born 4.4.1889 in Přeštice
Died 19.1.1942 in Mauthausen
Vincenc Mašek – his true name Čeněk Mašek – fought in World War I and was taken prisoner by the Russians. Managed to come back by foot through Poland. He was then w ... read more
Константин Николаевич Вашкевич / Konstantin Nikolaewitsch Waschkewitsch 1906 - 1945
Born 14.2.1906 in Olgowo
Died .4.1945 in Gusen
Konstantin Nikolaevich Vashkevich was born on 14 February 1906 in the village of Olgovo in the Dmitrovsky district of Moscow oblast. His father Nikokai Alexeevich worked as the municipal clerk. His ... read more
Antanas Gutauskas 1894 - 1945
Born 25.5.1894 in Wyłkomierz / Ukmergė
Died 16.1.1945 in Ebensee
Antanas Gutauskas was Lithuanian origin. He had a wife and three children: Leonas, Jonušas and Regina when he was captured by Germans in Poland as he was a pilot and a mechanic in Polish Air ... read more
Enrico Serra 1921 - 1945
Born 24.5.1921 in Imperia
Died 2.2.1945 in Gusen
The Serra brothers Enrico Serra and his brother Nicola were partisans, living from 8 September 1943 as ‘rebels’ in the mountains of Imperia. Enrico was arrested, together with his ... 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
Andrew Kalitka 1920 - 1944
Born 24.1.1920 in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Died 29.2.1944 in Gusen
Andrew Kalitka was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, on 23 Jan 1920, to immigrant Ukrainian parents, Dymytro and Rozalia (Levitsky) Kalitka. In 1929, Dymytro and Rozalia returned from America ... 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
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
