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Leo Haber 1881 - 1941

Born 21.1.1881 in Leszezille
Died 14.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Josub Leib (Leo) Haber was my maternal grandfather. He was married to Alice nee Jellinek and father of Hilde Judith Haber Frankl and Edith Haber Kallir. He owned a shoe store at ... read more

Wladimir Signori 1925 - 1945

Born 29.7.1925 in Auboué
Died 2.3.1945 in Ebensee

After emigrating from Italy in flight from Mussolini’s Fascism, Egidio and Guglielma Signori settled in the mining town of Homécourt (department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France) with their ... read more

Antonio Rigoni 1883 - 1945

Born 4.2.1883 in Asiago
Died 6.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Antonio Domenico Rigoni was a priest.   Fabrizio Scabio (2018)   ***   Priest of the hamlet of Posta di Lastebasse (Vicenza). Son of Claudiano and Maria Lobbia. Originally from ... read more

Solomon Baruch Kornmehl 1911 - 1945

Born 6.6.1911 in Bobowa
Died 15.1.1945 in Mauthausen

  Solomon Baruch Kornmehl was born on 8 June 1911 in Bobowa, Poland, to Ele Kornmehl Ziegeltuch and Berl Rosenberg. He had six brothers and sisters. His father was a Torah scribe for the famous ... read more

Tadeusz Tyrna 1920 - 1940

Born 27.8.1920 in Brzeszcze
Died 26.11.1940 in Gusen

Tadeusz Tyrna was the eldest child of Anna and Faustyn Tyrna. He had two sisters, Czesława and Helene – my grandmother. He grew up in a brick house on one of the streets in Brzeszcze, a village ... read more

Ernest Berr 1912 - 1945

Born 15.9.1912 in Toul
Died 4.4.1945 in Gusen

Louis Ernest Berr was born in Toul on 15 September 1912 and served in the French army during World War II. He was married to Lea, a citizen of Argentina, and they had a little boy, Alain, born in ... read more

Константин Алексеевич Алисенок / Konstantin Alexeewitsch Alisenok 1901 - 1944

Born 2.1.1901 in Kemeschowzy
Died 25.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Konstantin Alexeevich Alisenok was born on 2 January 1901 into a peasant family in the village of Kemeshevtsy near Minsk. His father was Belorussian, his mother Sofia (Zosya), Polish. There were four ... read more

Giuseppe Zannini 1917 - 1945

Born 2.2.1917 in Bari
Died 15.5.1945

Giuseppe Zannini, the only child of Marco and Adele Lubrano, graduated in Political Sciences. He was a member of the Catholic University Federation (Federazione Universitaria Cattolica Italiana, ... read more

Giuseppe Vidale 1901 - 1945

Born 22.12.1901 in Schio
Died 10.2.1945 in Mauthausen

The son of Giovanni Battista Vidale and Celestina Lighezzolo worked as an electrician in a senior position at the Lanificio Rossi woollen mill. He approached his work with great passion and ... read more

Ragnvald Konrad Hansen 1909 - 1945

Born 20.9.1909 in Oslo
Died 21.2.1945 in Melk

Ragnvald Konrad Hansen was born on 20 September 1909 in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Sverre Konrad Hansen (born on 26 November 1885 in Oslo) and Viktoria Amanda Hansen (maiden name Bolmer, born on ... read more