Aleksander Dobrowolski 1888 - 1940
Born 14.2.1888 in Warszawa
Died 19.12.1940 in Gusen
Catholic, Engineer, Polish Nationalist. Sons Tadeusz Dobrowolski and Zbigniew Dobrowolski, daughter “Lala” Dobrowolski. Son TadeusDobrowolski is thought to have been killed in Polish ... read more
Moritz Schaap 1895 - 1941
Born 18.12.1895 in Noordhorn
Died 20.10.1941 in Mauthausen
Moritz Schaap was survived by his wife, Erna Oppenheimer Schaap and son, Klaus Schaap when they fled shortly after Moritz was picked up by the Nazis. They were saved by two different families during ... read more
Franciszek Rajski 1895 - 1945
Born 3.9.1895 in Nowy Targ
Died 20.4.1945 in Gusen
Our Grandfather – Franciszek Rajski was born on the 3rd of September 1895. In August 1914, at the age of 18, he reported himself to the First Brigade and then said, “My ... read more
Herman Salomonson 1892 - 1942
Born 24.3.1892 in Amsterdam
Died 7.10.1942 in Mauthausen
‘Love blossoms... in defiance of hate’ Herman Salomonson was born in 1892, the son of Dinah Wertheim, daughter of an Amsterdam banker, and Maurits Salomonson, the child of a Jewish ... 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
Stanisław Dybiec 1899 - 1945
Born 7.4.1899 in Warszawa
Died 9.3.1945 in Gusen
Stanisław Dybiec lived with his family at 24 Rybaki Street in Warsaw. He owned a horse-drawn carriage company, which was seized in September 1939. In 1940 he founded his own shipping company and also ... read more
Władysław Kalkowski 1909 - 1945
Born 16.11.1909 in Zelów
Died 10.3.1945 in Mauthausen
Wladyslaw was the husband of Regina Kalkowska (Smialkowska), he had two children (Wieslaw and Wladyslaw), and he was a shoemaker. He came from a family that dealt with textiles in Bogatynia. Regina ... read more
Ivan Godec 1921 - 1944
Born 27.10.1921 in Trbovlje
Died 17.3.1944 in Redl-Zipf
Ivan (Johann) Godec was a very enigmatic personality and still many questions concerning his personality remain unanswered. He was trained as an electrician or an engineer. After schooling, he was ... read more
Franco Cetrelli 1930 - 1945
Born 24.12.1930 in La Spezia
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen
Franco Cetrelli was the second youngest of four siblings. Their father worked on the trams. Franco worked in Migliarina (La Spezia) as an apprentice in the photo shop of Renato Pedrini, for whom he ... read more
Jan Zasada 1897 - 1941
Born 25.9.1897 in Podębice
Died 26.8.1941 in Gusen
My grandfather Jan Zasada was born in Podębice. He lived in Grójec and in Kutno where he was arrested and transferred through Inowrocław to Mauthausen/Gusen. He was left-wing local politician i ... read more