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Richard Franke 1906 - 1943

Born 20.1.1906 in Meerane
Died 18.1.1943 in Gusen

When the new Reich Minister of Justice, Otto Georg Thierack, took up his post in late summer 1942, he was determined to reorganise the German justice system. One of the plans he had in mind was not ... read more

Juan Serrano Bruno 1913 - 1942

Born 21.7.1913 in Mengíbar
Died 3.1.1942 in Gusen

He was born on July 21, 1913, in Mengíbar (Jaén, Spain). He was a day laborer by profession and married to Petra Galán Arenas. In the Spanish Civil War, he belonged to the 24th ... read more

Vangjel Shkurti 1884 - 1944

Born 15.3.1884 in Vlora
Died 11.11.1944 in Gusen

In early 1942 he and his family participated in the National Liberation War. His home was one of the bases for partisans during the war in the city of Vlora. His sons have been part of the guerrilla ... read more

Franz Pfau 1910 - 1940

Born 1.1.1910 in Staad bei Rohrschach
Died 7.5.1940 in Mauthausen

Franz Pfau was born on 1 January 1910 in Staad bei Rohrschach (Switzerland). A unmarried miner whose last known address was his mother’s house in Ravensburg, he was arrested in April 1938 on ... read more

Francisco Valsells Bielsa 1887 - 1941

Born 5.2.1887 in Calaceite
Died 9.10.1941 in Gusen

Among the 927 Spanish refugees who, on the morning of 20 August 1940, were escorted by German soldiers and French gendarmes from the Les Alliers camp to the station at Angoulême, was a family ... read more

Павел Константинович Трегубов / Pawel Konstantinowitsch Tregubow 1904 - 1945

Born 18.8.1904 in Tschugan
Died 3.1.1945 in Hartheim

Pavel Konstantinovich Tregubov was born on 18 August 1904 into a poor peasant family in the village of Chugan in the Sulaevsky municipality of the Vyatsky district of the Vyatka oblast (in what is ... read more

František Kolaček 1881 - 1942

Born 9.12.1881 in Brno
Died 7.5.1942 in Mauthausen

František Koláček completed his school leaving certificate in 1900 at a grammar school in the Královské Vinohrady district of Prague and then enrolled in the Faculty 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

Maksymilian Rembelski 1910 - 1945

Born 13.10.1910 in Warszawa
Died 11.1.1945 in Ebensee

Maksymilian Rembelski was a son of Janina Rembelska and Franciszek Rembelski. He was a veterinary in Warsaw. Marta Kremky, grandniece read more

Jan Stefan Oderfeld Douglas 1892 - 1944

Born 3.6.1892 in Warszawa
Died 14.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Jan Stefan Douglas-Oderfeld was a Polish lawyer living in Paris who joined the French Resistance. Because he spoke perfect German as well as French he was involved in anti-Nazi activity directed ... read more