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André Bigé 1924 - 1945

Born 28.1.1924 in Quitilipi, Chaco
Died 21.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Andrés Alfredo Bigé was born  on 28 January 1924 in Quitilipi, Chaco, Argentina. His parents, Alfredo and Lucía, were French immigrants who decided to return to their ... read more

Hirsch Goldman 1907 - 1945

Born 9.9.1907 in Nowy Targ
Died 20.4.1945 in Ebensee

Hirsch Goldman was born in Nowy Targ on 9 September 1907 to Itzik Chaim Goldman and Bracha-Loti Goldman, nee Feureisen. He had four sisters (Anna, Sarah, Rosa, and Olga) and two brothers (Aron and ... read more

Michele Rossini 1901 - 1944

Born 13.6.1901 in Ruvo di Puglia
Died 22.4.1944 in Ebensee

Michele Rossini was born on June 13, 1901 in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy. During the '20s, he moved to Turin and worked at the FIAT-Ferriere Piemontesi factories. Despite the fascist regime's persecution, ... read more

Gracco Spaziani 1884 - 1945

Born 18.5.1884 in Lonigo
Died 9.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Gracco Spaziani completed secondary schooling in the classical humanities in Verona and acquired a degree in law from the University of Bologna. From 1909 to 1919 he worked as a municipal clerk in ... read more

Karel Welzel 1901 - 1941

Born 10.4.1901 in Náchod
Died 17.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Together with his younger brother František (born 1903), Karel Welzel was co-owner of the shipping company Sebastian Welzel und Söhne. They owned a fuel depot next to the main station in ... read more

Franz Josef Messner 1896 - 1945

Born 8.12.1896 in Brixlegg
Died 23.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Messner became director or the Semperit Works in Vienna in 1937 and after 1938 maintained close links to the resistance group centred around Heinrich Maier and Walter Caldonazzi. From 1942 onwards, ... 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

Чедомир Јеротић / Čedomir Jerotić 1893 - 1944

Born 22.3.1893 in Stubline
Died 1.8.1944 in Ebensee

Čedomir Jerotić was an owner of a café (kafana in Serbian) in the centre of village Stubline where he was born. The café is still there and it is called today “Zlatna Lopta” ... read more

Isidre Malla Carrera 1912 - 1942

Born 9.5.1912 in Caldes de Montbui
Died 15.1.1942 in Gusen

Born in Caldes de Montbui on 9 May 1912, the son of Pau Malla Padrós and Dolors Carrera Vilanova, he was single and working as construction worker. He used to live in 9 Doctor Robert Square in ... read more

Bohumil Vařílek 1900 - 1942

Born 4.10.1900 in Svatoslav
Died 25.4.1942 in Mauthausen

During the First World War, Bohumil Varílek was enlisted into the Austro-Hungarian army at the age of 17 and was injured on the Italian front. After his return from the war, he finished his ... read more