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Hermann Karrasch 1897 - 1945

Born 21.12.1897
Died 23.3.1945 in St. Valentin

Hermann Karrasch was born in Bolejny (deutsch: Bolleinen), Kreis Osterode, to parents Johann Karrasch and Eva, née Grybowski. Johann Karrasch was an Eigenkätner in Bolleinen. He served in ... read more

Konstanty Ćwierk 1895 - 1944

Born 21.11.1895 in Sosnowiec
Died 20.8.1944 in Gusen

Konstanty Ćwierk was born on 21 November 1895 in Sosnowiec in Poland and died on 20 August 1944 in the Gusen I concentration camp. Konstanty Ćwierk was a businessman and a talented writer and poet. H ... read more

José Porras Clemente 1916 - 1942

Born 19.3.1916 in Andújar
Died 22.3.1942 in Gusen

He was born on March 19, 1916, in Andújar (Jaén, Spain). He was a single farmer by profession. In the Spanish Civil War, he was a Spanish Republican and fought on the Extremadura ... read more

Paul Giroud Trouillet 1926 - 1945

Born 21.11.1926 in Chambéry
Died 22.4.1945 in Gusen

Paul Giroud Trouillet was the third of six children. His father fought in the First World War from 1914 to 1918 and died on 9 May 1940, leaving behind a widow with six children aged five, ten, ... read more

Henryk Kłosowicz 1912 - 1941

Born 18.9.1912 in Rychwałd
Died 6.12.1941 in Hartheim

Henryk Kłosowicz was the son of Feliks and Justyna (née Gąsiorek) who lived in Rychwałd. In 1935 he completed his education at the state grammar school M. Kopernikus in Żywiec. Between 1935 and ... 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

Alois Lechner 1893 - 1940

Born 2.8.1893 in Innsbruck
Died 19.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Alois Lechner was born on 2 August 1893 in Innsbruck. His father Josef Lechner was a master cobbler, his mother Christiane’s maiden name was Baldauf. The young Alois Lechner began an ... read more

Ferdynand Biliński 1889 - 1945

Born 3.1.1889 in Monasterzyska / Monastyryska
Died 4.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Ferdynand Biliński was born on 3 January 1889 in Monasterzyska – south of Ternopil – in present-day Ukraine. He graduated in law from the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv and took up a ... read more

Димитрије Ђуровић / Dimitrije Đurović 1881 - 1945

Born 15.10.1881 in Danilovgrad
Died 10.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Dimitrije Đurović was born on 15 October 1881 in the village of Kopito near Danilovgrad. As an exceptionally talented pupil, after finishing primary school in 1893 he received a scholarship to c ... read more

István Bognár 1928 - 1945

Born 29.5.1928 in Budapest
Died 31.1.1945 in Mauthausen

István Bognár's brother was György Bognár, who survived the Holocaust, although also incarcerated in a KZ. Holocaust Museum Los Angeles possesses a postcard written by György to Ist ... read more