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Ryszard Piegat 1912 - 1945

Born 14.3.1912 in Marki
Died 15.3.1945 in Melk

Ryszard Piegat was the son of Helena Piegat, née Leszczyński, and Julian Piegat, a baker by trade. He was the eldest of four brothers. Our only knowledge of his life before the war was that he ... read more

Enrico Serra 1921 - 1945

Born 24.5.1921 in Imperia
Died 2.2.1945 in Gusen

The Serra brothers Enrico Serra and his brother Nicola were partisans, living from 8 September 1943 as ‘rebels’ in the mountains of Imperia. Enrico was arrested, together with his ... read more

Gyula Rieger 1889 - 1942

Born 11.12.1889 in Sered
Died 22.6.1942 in Mauthausen

Dr. Gyula (Julius) Rieger lived and worked as a local medical practitioner in Grinzing, Vienna. He had a son, Gert Rieger, who fled Austria in 1938 and became a 16 year old refugee in Australia after ... read more

Pedro Rodríguez Gil 1900 - 1941

Born 31.1.1900 in Belmez
Died 29.8.1941 in Gusen

He was born on 31/01/1900 in Belmez (Córdoba, Spain). He was married to Irene Pozo and they had three daughters. He was a boilermaker. During the Civil War he was repairing planes at the base ... read more

Jānis Nevidovskis 1901 - 1944

Born 26.3.1901 in Pēternieki
Died 19.5.1944 in Gusen

Jānis Nevidovskis was soldier in Latvian army till the Soviet occupation in 1940. After that, in 1942, Jānis became a member of resistance movement Latviešu Nacionālistu savienība (Latvian nat ... read more

Иван Алексеевич Мишин / Iwan Alexeewitsch Mischin

Born 1912 in Nowyj Krjaschim / Machalino
Died 15.11.1942 in Gusen

My grandfather Michail Grigorevich Matvienko, a sergeant in the 117th Rifle Division, was reported missing in action near Gomel in mid-September 1941. For some years now, I have been trying, without ... read more

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

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

Ceferino Ramírez Rey 1911 - 1941

Born 13.5.1911 in Medina de las Torres
Died 23.12.1941 in Gusen

Ceferino Ramírez Rey, born in Medina de las Torres (Badajoz-Spain), 13 May 1911. Spanish republican who fought for freedom both in Spain and in Europe. Deported at the age of 29 years ... read more

János Lukács 1884 - 1945

Born 25.4.1884 in Budapest
Died 24.2.1945 in Mauthausen

János Henrik Lukács was the elder son of József Lukács and Adél Wertheimer and the brother of György Bernát Lukács – communist philosopher ... read more