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Bohumil Libánský 1901 - 1942

Born 28.7.1901 in Praha
Died 9.7.1942 in Mauthausen

Bohumil Libánský was an architect in Prague. He had a wife (Růžena Libánská) and a daughter, Rita (Růžena) Lepší (née Libánská) who was s ... read more

Pierre Henrionnet 1924 - 1945

Born 17.2.1924 in Mainz
Died 9.2.1945 in Melk

Pierre Jean Émile Henrionnet was born on 17 February 1924 in Mainz, which was then under occupation by the French army following the First World War. He lived with his family in Koblenz until ... read more

Јован Годић / Jovan Godić 1924 - 1945

Born 13.3.1924 in Kamenare
Died 5.5.1945 in Gusen

Jovan “Jova” Godić was born in village Kamenare, near city of Kruševac. His parents had twelve children. One child died shortly after birth. He was fourth child and second son of ... read more

Jan Tkocz 1886 - 1945

Born 29.8.1886 in Chwałowice
Died 28.2.1945 in Gusen

Jan Tkocz was born on 29 August 1886 in Chwałowice in Poland. He was the head of the heroic Tkocz family whose uncrushable resistance to German occupation during the Second World War is widely ... read more

Zachariasz Lesz 1892 - 1945

Born 28.5.1892 in Piotrków
Died 7.1.1945 in Melk

Zachariasz Lesz was the son of Szmuel Jakob Lesz and Ruchla Laja Lesz. Zachariasz’s true name was Szbasia Zachariasz Lesz, b. 28 May 1892 in Petrikau, Polen. He was an uncle to Jack Budkowski ... read more

Isak Leisten 1899 - 1945

Born 2.10.1899 in Tarnów
Died 12.3.1945 in Melk

Isak Leisten was the son of Simon Leisten and Miriam Riemer, and the husband of Jetti Gutter. Sulamith Beith Yannai read more

Stanisław Makowski 1894 - 1940

Born 17.5.1894 in Podgaje, Sancygniów
Died 24.10.1940 in Gusen

Born in Podgaje, Sancygniów, Poland. Son of Władysław and Bronisława residing in Poland, Gąbin, pl. Piłsudskiego, Masovia Province.Employee of a notary‘s office. Married, five children. H ... read more

Antoni Giwojno

Born 24.12.1899 in Koźliki
Died 1945 in Mauthausen

Antoni was my great-grandfather’s brother. His parents were Klemens and Agata. My grandfather’s name was Albert Giwojno. His parents were Kazimierz who married Helena, so Kazimierz was ... read more

Филипп Георгиевич Остриков / Filipp Georgiewitsch Ostrikow 1901 - 1942

Born 21.1.1901 in Petropawlowsk
Died 9.5.1942 in Mauthausen

Filipp Georgievich Ostrikov was born on 21 January 1901 in Petropavlovsk into a poor peasant family of four children: three sons and a daughter. His childhood was marked by deprivation. After the ... 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