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Piotr Ziarkiewicz 1906 - 1941

Born 3.6.1906 in Bortniki
Died 10.12.1941 in Hartheim

Piotr Ziarkiewicz was born 3 June 1906 in Bortniki in the Galicia country, district Lviv (Lwów), Austrian-Hungarian Empire. In 1918 he went to Trzemeszno. In the 1930ies he was president of ... 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

Richárd Engel de Jánosi 1882 - 1944

Born 31.7.1882 in Pécs
Died 30.4.1944 in Mauthausen

Richárd Engel de Jánosi was an engineer who in 1944 was the owner left in charge of his family’s lumber company, Adolf Engel & Sons in Pécs, Hungary. On 19 March ... read more

Guglielmo Steiner 1909 - 1945

Born 13.5.1909 in Milano
Died 27.2.1945 in Ebensee

Mino Steiner was the son of Emerico Steiner, a Milanese industrialist of Bohemian origin, and Fosca Titta, the sister of the baritone Titta Ruffo; he was the nephew of Giacomo Matteotti and the ... read more

František Paulus 1884 - 1942

Born 10.4.1884 in Velvary
Died 25.1.1942 in Mauthausen

František Paulus was born on April 10, 1884, in Vilémov near Golčův Jeníkov. He later settled in Velvary, where he ran a coaching inn and became actively involved in public life. ... read more

Aldo Fedi 1921 - 1945

Born 28.5.1921 in San Benedetto
Died 28.1.1945 in Peggau

Aldo Fedi, son of Angiolo and Ida Degl'Innocenti, was born in San Benedetto in Alpe in the municipality of Portico e San Benedetto (Forlì-Cesena) on 28th May 1921. His father, a telegraph ... read more

Maurice Louis Antonin Dupic 1921 - 1945

Born 7.4.1921 in Paris
Died 12.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Maurice Louis Antonin Dupic was born on 7 April 1921 in Paris and worked in a bank. He died on 12 April 1945. His father was Antonin Benoit Dupic (1885–1960), a Frenchman from the Auvergne who ... read more

Abilio Álvarez Bernardo 1916 - 1942

Born 25.6.1916 in Olelas (Entrimo)
Died 2.2.1942 in Hartheim

He was born on 25 June 1916 in Olelas, a small Galician village in Entrimo council in Ourense. Olelas is very close to the border which unites Galician and Portuguese people. His parents were ... 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

Kurt Kelman 1896 - 1945

Born 6.1.1896 in Berlin
Died 29.4.1945 in Ebensee

Carpenter. Arrested on 18 February 1943. Arrived in Auschwitz on 20 February 1943. Wife: Irma Kelman, nee Schwarzenberger – fate unknown. Michael Samuels, researcher   read more