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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

Władysław Nagraba 1904 - 1943

Born 1.2.1904 in Kraków
Died 11.2.1943 in Gusen

Władysław Nagraba was Polish. He was employed in Kraków as an engineer. His brother Ludwik was also incarcerated by Nazi Germans and sent to Auschwitz (prisoner's number 25491), later t ... read more

Karl Lösch 1901 - 1943

Born 14.9.1901 in Berlin
Died 2.4.1943 in Gusen

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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

Јово Коста Радмановић / Jovo Kosta Radmanović

Born 1922 in Donja Gata
Died 20.12.1943 in Mauthausen

Jovo Radmanović was born in 1922 in the village of Mala Gata (Bihać). He grew up in this village, which consisted of around 30 houses. Jovo was the fifth child of Kosta Radmanović, who died in Oc ... read more

Erling Rudolf Anthonsen 1900 - 1945

Born 30.7.1900 in Oslo
Died 16.1.1945 in Melk

Erling Rudolf Anthonsen was born on 30 July 1900 in Oslo. He was the youngest of eight siblings. His mother died when he was just two years old. He grew up in the Kampen district of Oslo, where he ... read more

Francesc Sariñena Esparel 1914 - 1941

Born 23.4.1914 in Barcelona
Died 21.8.1941 in Gusen

In recent years – both through our research work and through contact with relatives of victims of the National Socialist regime – we have become witnesses to genuine family dramas of the ... read more

Miguel Sánchez Medina 1915 - 1942

Born 6.9.1915 in Mengíbar
Died 12.1.1942 in Gusen

He was born on September 6, 1915, in Mengíbar (Jaén, Spain). He was a farmer and single. In Spain, he volunteered for the Republican mixed brigades once the Civil War broke out. After ... read more

Николай Иванович Кононенко / Nikolaj Iwanowitsch Kononenko 1895 - 1944

Born 28.4.1895 in Belopolje
Died 7.10.1944 in Mauthausen

Nikolai Ivanovich Kononenko was born on 28 April 1895 in the town of Belopolye (Bilopillya) in the Kharkov (Karkhiv) oblast. After finishing secondary school, he studied medicine until 1920 at ... read more

Wilmos Wolf Weiss 1895 - 1945

Born 23.4.1895 in Rónafalu / Schboriwzi
Died 22.5.1945 in Hörsching

The town in which I was born was Nagyszőllős.[1] It was in Czechoslovakia, when I was born, and then became Hungary in 1939. I was a very happy and somewhat innocent and naïve boy. I lived in a l ... read more