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Alfredo Brambilla 1915 - 1945

Born 8.7.1915 in Zürich
Died 3.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Alfredo Brambilla was an Italian electrician who was born on 8 July 1915 in Zurich. His wife was called Rita Nava. He had one child. On 11 March 1944 he was arrested by the Verona security police and ... read more

Dino Francini 1898 - 1945

Born 2.7.1898 in Firenze
Died 17.1.1945 in Gusen

Dino Francini had lost his young wife Bianca in 1929 when she died shortly after giving birth. Their two children, a two and a half year-old boy and a thirteen day-old girl, remained with their ... read more

Peter Hermann Artur Bielefeld 1921 - 1941

Born 12.5.1921 in Stettin / Szczecin
Died 10.8.1941 in Mauthausen

Father: Hermann Bielefeld, born in Hamburg, 18.5.1863, died in Piaski, 23.03.1942 Mother: Anna Sophie, born in Hamburg, 11.07.1895, died in Piaski, date unknown Peter worked as a Hachschara ... read more

Mieczysław Klepacz 1923 - 1945

Born 13.1.1923 in Brójce
Died 7.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Mieczysław was the son of Anna and Joseph Klepacz. He was born on 13 January 1923 in Brójce. He had two brothers and a sister. In September 1938 Mieczysław Klepacz started attending a private g ... read more

Jacob Thalmay 1904 - 1945

Born 21.1.1904 in Warszawa
Died 9.3.1945 in Melk

Jacob Thalmay was on born 21 January 1904 in Warsaw, Poland. He and his four other siblings came to Denmark in 1905 with their parents Lipa and Hannah. He married Johanne Bornstein in 1934 and they ... read more

Piotr Kucemba 1898 - 1945

Born 26.7.1898 in Warszawa
Died 19.5.1945 in Ebensee

Piotr Jakub Kucemba was born in Warsaw. He married on Zofia Kucemba (nee Rachaus), with whom he had two children – son Bogdan Kucemba, also concentration camp prisoner (Groß Rosen, ... read more

Юрий Анатольевич Бабошин / Jurij Anatolijewitsch Baboschin

Born 24.12.1920 in Weliki Ustjug / Вели́кий У́стюг
Died 1944 in Mauthausen

The Soldier's Story My grandfather's elder brother, Yuri Anatolievich Baboshin (Jurij Anatolijewitsch Baboschin), was born on December 24, 1920, in Veliky Ustyug, Vologda Region, USSR. In ... read more

Francesco Affaba 1898 - 1945

Born 3.2.1898 in Salerano sul Lambro
Died 4.2.1945 in Gusen

Francesco Affaba, my paternal grandfather, was born in Salerano sul lambro, provincia di Lodi. He was incarcerated in San Vittore and then in Bergamo around 20 March 1944. He was deported to ... read more

Kálmán Schwarcz 1891 - 1945

Born 11.4.1891 in Remetea-Oașului / Remetea Oașului
Died 7.1.1945 in Gusen

Kálmán Schwarcz was a well-known merchant and a respected man in Bixad, where he lived. He was married to Frida Steinfeld and had 14 children. Ronit Revach, great-granddaughter read more

Jean Lavigne 1922 - 1943

Born 28.10.1922 in Frouard
Died 26.9.1943 in Wiener Neustadt

The account of Jean Lavigne’s final days in the Wiener Neustadt subcamp was provided by his fellow prisoner, René Mangin. Both had the misfortune to be in the wrong place at the wrong ... read more