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Bronisław Sobota 1922 - 1940

Born 2.9.1922 in Kempen
Died 16.11.1940 in Gusen

Born as the first son of Konrad Sobota and Wladyslawa Sobota (née Adamski). Older brother of Henryk (Henry/Heinrich), Wladyslaw, Miroslawa, and Mieczyslaw. Had no wife or children. Sandra ... read more

Jan Sztwiertnia 1911 - 1940

Born 1.6.1911 in Ustroń
Died 29.8.1940 in Gusen

Born on 1 June 1911 in Ustroń in Cieszyn Silesia, Jan Sztwiertnia studied from 1925-30 at the teacher training college in Cieszyn. Under the direction of Karol Hławiczka and Alfred Nohel, he learned t ... read more

Zygmunt Pydynowski 1905 - 1943

Born 16.12.1905 in Ślepowrony
Died 22.9.1943 in Mauthausen

Born on 16 December 1905 in Ślepowrony. Died on 22 September 1943 in Mauthausen. According to the oral record, he was arrested and imprisoned in a concentration camp as a result of provocation by the ... read more

Lucien Truffy 1904 - 1945

Born 31.3.1904 in St-Savin-de-Blaye
Died 23.4.1945 in auf dem Todesmarsch bei Steyr

The two deportees Lucien Truffy and Georges Mazoyer were Communist activists whose deportation followed the same route and who always, as becomes clear in the testimony written by Georges Mazoyer in ... read more

Ervin Jakab 1923 - 1945

Born 17.2.1923 in Targu Mures
Died 28.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Ervin Jakab was born on February 17, 1923, in Targu Mures, Transylvania, Hungary, currently under the administration of Romania, father: Adolf Jakab, mother: Laura Jakab. He studied at the Jewish ... read more

Xhevdet Doda 1906 - 1945

Born 18.5.1906 in Prizren
Died 5.1.1945 in Gusen

Xhevdet Doda was born in Prizren and was a teacher before joining the movement against Fascism. Doda was arrested and interned at the Porto Romano camp, from where he escaped and rejoined the fight ... read more

Александр Петрович Еланский / Alexandr Petrowitsch Elanskij 1920 - 1941

Born 10.10.1920 in Matweewki
Died 27.11.1941 in Mauthausen

Alexandr Petrovich Elansky was born on 10 October 1920 in the village of Matveevka in today’s Staromainsky region of the Ulyanovsk oblast. Before the war he and his father were living in the ... 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

Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης / Konstantinos Chioteris 1906 - 1944

Born 20.2.1906 in Elioli
Died 13.12.1944 in Melk

Ο Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης, του Δημητρίου &k ... read more

Henrik Schwarcz 1924 - 1944

Born 12.5.1924 in Trip/Bixad
Died 23.10.1944 in Gusen

Henrik Chaim Schwarcz was born in Bixad to Kalman and Frida. He was a young bachelor. He was a butcher and worked in the family business. Ronit Revach, relative read more