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Иван Александрович Александров / Iwan Alexandrowitsch Alexandrow 1905 - 1945

Born 20.4.1905 in Pensa
Died 7.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Ivan Alexandrovich Alexandrov was born on 20 April 1905 in the Russian city of Penza. Nothing is known about Ivan’s parents. The Alexandrov brothers – Boris, Ivan and Alexandr – ... read more

Bronisław Kowalski 1917 - 1940

Born 10.8.1917 in Wielki Łęck
Died 22.12.1940 in Gusen

Bronisław Kowalski SVD[1] was born on 10 August 1917 in Wielki Łęck in Masuria and died on 22 December 1940 in the Gusen I concentration camp. After graduating from the Small Seminary of the Steyler M ... read more

Jan Jebavý 1908 - 1942

Born 10.5.1908 in Brno
Died 1.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Born in the Brno suburbs of Žabovřesky as the only son of Bohumila and Rudolf Jebavý (a close relative of the poet Otokar Březina, 1868–1929), Jan was educated at the classical grammar sc ... read more

Władysław Pawlas 1908 - 1940

Born 3.3.1908 in Sucha Góra
Died 28.8.1940 in Gusen

Władysław Pawlas was a Polish Protestant-Lutheran pastor. He came from a family of farmers. In 1926 he completed his education at the Polish Słowacki grammar school in Orlowa and began his studies at ... 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

August Kraft 1886 - 1940

Born 13.10.1886 in Kiöwen / Kijewo
Died 1.2.1940 in Mauthausen

August Kraft (or Krafzig) was born on 13 October 1886 in Kiöwen (today’s Kijewo). When exactly or why he came to Vienna is not known. What is certain is that he was already in Vienna by ... read more

Konrad Rózewicz 1900 - 1941

Born 24.11.1900
Died 16.8.1941 in Gusen

Konrad Rózewicz was born on 24 November 1900 in Sępólno (then Zempelburg in the so-called Polish Corridor) and died on 16 August 1941 in Gusen. According to the arrivals list of ... read more

José Parras Sánchez 1909 - 1941

Born 11.11.1909 in Palma del Río
Died 3.11.1941 in Gusen

Your brother Antonio Parras never forgot you, your family will always remember you. Adrián López Parras, great nephew read more

Tadeusz Małachowski 1888 - 1940

Born 27.3.1888 in Warszawa
Died 13.9.1940 in Gusen

He came from the distinguished Polish family of Nałęcz-Małachowski. He was a pharmacist educated at a university in Kyiv. He ran a pharmacy in the Kujawy region, invested in real estate in Warsaw and ... read more

Stanisław Renz 1894 - 1942

Born 24.4.1894 in Bednary
Died 26.12.1942 in Gusen

Stanisław Renz was born on 24 April 1894 in Bednary (Poznań poviat), son of Michał and mother Józefina, née Firlejkowa. He graduated from the elementary school in Wronczyn. Until the a ... read more