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Josep Catafau Rabadà 1914 - 1941

Born 7.9.1914 in Caldes de Montbui
Died 22.11.1941 in Gusen

Born on 7 September 1914 in Caldes de Montbui, son of Josep Catafau and Maria Rabadà Grimau. He had four siblings: Jaume, Miquel, Maria and Frederic. He worked as a driver and he was single. ... read more

Wilmos Wolf Weiss 1895 - 1945

Born 23.4.1895 in Rónafalu / Schboriwzi
Died 22.5.1945 in Hörsching

The town in which I was born was Nagyszőllős.[1] It was in Czechoslovakia, when I was born, and then became Hungary in 1939. I was a very happy and somewhat innocent and naïve boy. I lived in a l ... read more

Mathieu de Jonge 1911 - 1944

Born 30.12.1911 in Bruxelles / Brussel
Died 17.7.1944 in Hartheim

Mathieu De Jonge was born on 31 December 1911. He was a lawyer in Brussels, married and the father of four small children. Driven on by his ideal, freedom, he went into the resistance, joining the ... read more

Ибраш Крутаевич Кунтаев / Ibrasch Krutaewitsch Kuntaew 1907 - 1944

Born 25.1.1907 in Krutaya
Died 7.7.1944 in Hartheim

  Ibrash Kuntaev was born on 25 January 1907 in Krutaya, a village in the Kamensk region of West Kazakhstan. He had two brothers. However, his parents and the middle of the three brothers died ... read more

Hijman Lelie 1878 - 1942

Born 12.1.1878 in Amsterdam
Died 9.7.1942 in Mauthausen

Hyman Lelie had two sons (Herman and Ed) and one daughter ("zus"). Born in Amsterdam, he moved to The Hague, where he worked with his brother in selling car attributes and materials. Before that, he ... read more

Johann Knipf 1886 - 1939

Born 5.5.1886 in Essen
Died 10.2.1939 in Gusen

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Ragnvald Konrad Hansen 1909 - 1945

Born 20.9.1909 in Oslo
Died 21.2.1945 in Melk

Ragnvald Konrad Hansen was born on 20 September 1909 in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Sverre Konrad Hansen (born on 26 November 1885 in Oslo) and Viktoria Amanda Hansen (maiden name Bolmer, born on ... read more

Roberto Carrara

Born 20.11.1915 in Verona
Died 1945 in Mauthausen

Roberto Carrara, a solder with the 77th Infantry Division, took part in the winter campaign of 1940/41 in Albania but was sent home again when his feet started to suffer from frostbite. Instead of ... read more

Artúr Rothbart

Born 11.12.1898 in Dolné Srnie
Died 1945 in Gunskirchen

Artúr was my grandfather's brother. He was born on 11 December 1898 in Alsószernye (now: Dolné Srnie, Slovakia). His father was József Rothbart and his mother was ... read more

Antoni Ignaczak 1906 - 1945

Born 13.6.1906 in Kalisz
Died 12.1.1945 in Melk

Antoni Ignaczak was born on 13 June 1906 in Kalisz. Husband of Katarzyna Ignaczak, father of Zofia Ignaczak. He was farmer until September 1939 when he was taken to Molschleben and forced to work as ... read more