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Nils Hegland 1900 - 1945

Born 14.11.1900 in Evje
Died 3.3.1945 in Melk

  Nils Hegland was born on 14 November 1900 in Evje to the north of Kristiansand. His parents were Johan Hegland, a wood merchant and sawmill owner, and his wife Inger Tonette, née ... read more

Józef Buchna 1896 - 1941

Born 30.7.1896 in Kęty
Died 27.9.1941 in Gusen

Josef Buchna (train conductor), born in Großkatz (today Kęty), district Neustadt, West Prussia, was the son of Emil Buchna and his wife Juliane Buchna, nee Wolschen. Lothar Böling, ... read more

Cesare Lorenzi 1903 - 1945

Born 14.12.1903 in Guardistallo
Died 22.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Cesare Lorenzi came from a humble background and was the youngest of eight children, who were brought up by their socialist and workers’ leader father according to the ideals of fairness, ... read more

Eugeniusz Olczak 1922 - 1945

Born 21.6.1922 in Żyrardów
Died 19.3.1945 in Gusen

Eugeniusz "Bogdan" Olczak, born 21 June 1922 in Żyrardów, son of Roman and Genowefa (née Koziarek). Scout troop leader of the 79th Troop in Skierniewice. Deported to Mauthausen; ... read more

Jean-Marcel Pilet 1925 - 1945

Born 2.10.1925 in St-Ciers-de-Canesse
Died 20.2.1945 in Melk

 BORN ON 2 OCTOBER 1925 IN ST CIERS DE CANESSE (33) - FRANCE HE IS THE YOUNGEST OF A FAMILY OF THREE BOYS AND TWO GIRLS   ON 2 NOVEMBER 1943, in resistance to the STO (Service ... 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

Johann Knipf 1886 - 1939

Born 5.5.1886 in Essen
Died 10.2.1939 in Gusen

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Johann Reinhardt 1900 - 1942

Born 11.10.1900 in Steinenkirch
Died 2.2.1942 in Gusen

Johann Reinhardt, born 11 October 1900 in Steinenkirch in the Geislingen district, lived with his wife Emma and their four children in Sindelfingen near Stuttgart. He worked as a merchant and ... read more

Tamás Tauszig 1921 - 1945

Born 19.2.1921 in Budapest
Died 24.4.1945 in Gusen

Tamás Tauszig or – as the family called him – Tomi was born on February 19, 1921 in Budapest to our old family nest on Szentkirályi út, where I ... read more

Pietro Arnaldo Terzi 1883 - 1944

Born 20.11.1883 in Sarzana
Died 13.11.1944 in Hartheim

Pietro Arnaldo Terzi attended the L. Costa humanist grammar school in La Spezia, became an active member of the Socialist Party of Sarzana, graduated in law and moved to Aulla (Massa), where he ... read more