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Marian Rusek 1902 - 1945

Born 23.11.1902 in Kraków
Died 24.4.1945 in Mauthausen

My grandfather, father of my dad Julian Rusek, was born in Krakow and lived in the district of Wola Duchacka. He worked at a Cable Factory in Krakow doing clerical work (not sure what position he ... read more

Егор Степанович Бирын / Egor Stepanowitsch Biryn 1909 - 1942

Born 3.3.1909 in Serman
Died 16.10.1942 in Gusen

Егор Степанович Бирин / Egor Stepanowitsch Biryn was born in the village Serman, Nikolsky district of the Penza region. He was a soldier and had been missing in October 1941. His wife Matrona Vasilevn ... read more

Heinrich Schmoll 1906 - 1940

Born 16.1.1906 in Eschweiler
Died 24.4.1940 in Mauthausen

Heinrich Schmoll was the son of Peter Josef Schmoll (puddler) and Agnes Schmoll, nee Pönsgen. Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung e.V., ... read more

Władysław Bober 1897 - 1945

Born 24.9.1897 in Radziechów
Died 3.2.1945 in Gusen

Władysław Bober was born on 24 September 1897 in Radziechów in the voivodeship of Tarnopol. At that time, this region belonged to Austria; from 1919 to 1939 it was back in Polish hands; today i ... read more

Лука Яковлевич Шушкович / Luka Jakowlewitsch Schuschkowitsch 1896 - 1945

Born 13.10.1896 in Werebki
Died 27.2.1945 in Gusen

Whenever I think about my grandfather Luka Yakovlevich Shushkevich, I see a spring morning in 1944 in my mind’s eye. It was April, the sun was shining, and my grandmother was hanging the ... read more

Jan Fabiański 1911 - 1944

Born 24.11.1911 in Warszawa
Died 20.12.1944 in Gusen

Jan Fabiański was born in Warsaw on 24 November 1911 (birth certificate no. 505 from St. Cross parish church in Warsaw) to Adam Fabiański and Marianna Fabiańska born Jamiołkowska. He was born in the h ... read more

Thorstein Palmesen 1913 - 1944

Born 12.3.1913 in Horten
Died 6.12.1944 in Gusen

He was a painter. Married in 1936 to Mildred Palmesen, née Johannessen. Two children: Bjørg Aker (1937–2018) and Thore Palmesen (1938–2006). Platoon leader in Milorg. ... read more

Sándor Fleischmann 1909 - 1945

Born 12.2.1909 in Šurany
Died 8.2.1945 in Gusen

Sándor was born to Aron Fleischman and his wife Filipka in 1909. He was the second child in the family of a tailor and a dressmaker. There were six children born between 1906 and 1915. Their ... read more

Franz Heller 1906 - 1944

Born 29.1.1906 in Birkesdorf / Düren
Died 6.4.1944 in Gusen

Franz Heller was the son of Arnold Heller (factory worker) and his wife Katharina Heller, nee Rauschen. Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung ... read more

Wilhelm Korczowski 1895 - 1941

Born 21.5.1895 in Lwów / Lviv
Died 14.1.1941 in Gusen

Wilhelm Korczowski (born 21 May 1895 in Lwów) was arrested in April 1940 and first deported on 5 May 1940 to German concentration camp Dachau (prisoner number 7372). On 26 June 1940 he was ... read more