Back

Biographies

Biographical details are available for the following names:


Vojtech Ábel 1911 - 1945

Born 9.2.1911 in Piešťany
Died 10.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Vojtech Ábel studied at the College of Mechanical Engineering in Košice from 1929 to 1933. After completing training at the school for reserve officers in the motorised units, he was ... read more

Gregorio Huete Rodríguez 1920 - 1941

Born 29.4.1920 in Madrid
Died 19.12.1941 in Gusen

Gregorio was born in Madrid on 29 April 1920. When he died in the concentration camp he was 21. He was captured on 4 June 1940 in Dunkirk and interned in Stalag XII / D (Treves). He entered the ... read more

Felix Błajet 1895 - 1943

Born 8.10.1895 in Niemierzewo
Died 23.3.1943 in Gusen

My great-grandfather, Felix Błajet, was born on 8 October 1895 in Niemierzewo, near to Poznań, in an area that was annexed by Prussia at that time. In 1918 he fought alongside Marshal Józef P ... read more

Eulogio Martínez Fernández 1906 - 1942

Born 11.3.1906 in Fuentespano
Died 16.9.1942 in Mauthausen

His parents were from Granada, Andalusia. He had ten siblings. His wife was named Josefa García de Villalta Fernández. He had two children, Georgia Martínez García de ... read more

Jan Czyżewski 1884 - 1945

Born 27.8.1884 in Kłonna
Died 16.3.1945 in Ebensee

Jan Czyżewski was born on 27 August 1884[1] in Kłonna, a small village 90 km south of Warsaw. He married Ewa Dombrowska and fathered three children. He worked as a farmer and served as mayor of the v ... read more

Bogumił Rembelski 1923 - 1945

Born 6.7.1923 in Warszawa
Died 7.1.1945 in Gusen

Bogumił Rembelski was a son of Janina Rembelska and Franciszek Rembelski. He was a student of architecture. Marta Kremky, grandniece read more

Mario Vanzati 1911 - 1944

Born 27.8.1911 in Nova Milanese
Died 15.5.1944 in Ebensee

Mario Vanzati was born in Nova Milanese on 27 August 1911. He was one of the protagonists of the resistance in this town. The first meetings between local partisans took place in his house on the ... read more

Antonio Rigoni 1883 - 1945

Born 4.2.1883 in Asiago
Died 6.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Antonio Domenico Rigoni was a priest. Fabrizio Scabio (2018) 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

Stefan Błochowiak 1890 - 1941

Born 23.12.1890 in Innowrocław
Died 20.8.1941 in Hartheim

Sadly, we never got to meet our grandfather Stefan Blochowiak. All we have are photos and personal documents prior to WW II, letters written to his family from concentration camps, and a few other ... read more