Ryszard Piegat 1912 - 1945
Born 14.3.1912 in Marki
Died 15.3.1945 in Melk
Ryszard Piegat was the son of Helena Piegat, née Leszczyński, and Julian Piegat, a baker by trade. He was the eldest of four brothers. Our only knowledge of his life before the war was that he ... 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
Gyula Rieger 1889 - 1942
Born 11.12.1889 in Sered
Died 22.6.1942 in Mauthausen
Dr. Gyula (Julius) Rieger lived and worked as a local medical practitioner in Grinzing, Vienna. He had a son, Gert Rieger, who fled Austria in 1938 and became a 16 year old refugee in Australia after ... 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
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
Иван Алексеевич Мишин / Iwan Alexeewitsch Mischin
Born 1912 in Nowyj Krjaschim / Machalino
Died 15.11.1942 in Gusen
My grandfather Michail Grigorevich Matvienko, a sergeant in the 117th Rifle Division, was reported missing in action near Gomel in mid-September 1941. For some years now, I have been trying, without ... read more
Richard Franke 1906 - 1943
Born 20.1.1906 in Meerane
Died 18.1.1943 in Gusen
When the new Reich Minister of Justice, Otto Georg Thierack, took up his post in late summer 1942, he was determined to reorganise the German justice system. One of the plans he had in mind was not ... read more
Francisco Valsells Bielsa 1887 - 1941
Born 5.2.1887 in Calaceite
Died 9.10.1941 in Gusen
Among the 927 Spanish refugees who, on the morning of 20 August 1940, were escorted by German soldiers and French gendarmes from the Les Alliers camp to the station at Angoulême, was a family ... read more
Ceferino Ramírez Rey 1911 - 1941
Born 13.5.1911 in Medina de las Torres
Died 23.12.1941 in Gusen
Ceferino Ramírez Rey, born in Medina de las Torres (Badajoz-Spain), 13 May 1911. Spanish republican who fought for freedom both in Spain and in Europe. Deported at the age of 29 years ... read more
János Lukács 1884 - 1945
Born 25.4.1884 in Budapest
Died 24.2.1945 in Mauthausen
János Henrik Lukács was the elder son of József Lukács and Adél Wertheimer and the brother of György Bernát Lukács – communist philosopher ... read more
