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Antoni Ruczko 1906 - 1941

Born 10.6.1906 in Suwałki
Died 19.8.1941 in Hartheim

Antoni Ruczko lived in the small city of Sejny in Poland. He worked as a shoemaker. He had a wife, Anastasia, and two children – son Zdzisław and daughter Stanisława. He was arrested b ... read more

Hirilio Peña Córdoba 1915 - 1942

Born 27.12.1915 in Espejo
Died 20.4.1942 in Gusen

He was born on 27/12/1915 in Espejo (Córdoba, Spain). His parents were Rafael Peña Lucena and Elisa Córdoba García and he had three siblings: Virgilio, who was also ... read more

Otýlie Petřvalksá 1912 - 1945

Born 24.12.1912 in Rožnov
Died 10.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Otýlie Petřvalská founded the resistance movement in Roznov, giving all her dowry 50.000 Kč (page 16, PDF). She was arrested in Valašské Meziříčí on 7 march 1 ... read more

Josep Sariñena Esparel 1917 - 1942

Born 29.8.1917 in Barcelona
Died 30.7.1942 in Gusen

In recent years – both through our research work and through contact with relatives of victims of the National Socialist regime – we have become witnesses to genuine family dramas of the ... read more

Hermann Karrasch 1897 - 1945

Born 21.12.1897
Died 23.3.1945 in St. Valentin

Hermann Karrasch was born in Bolejny (deutsch: Bolleinen), Kreis Osterode, to parents Johann Karrasch and Eva, née Grybowski. Johann Karrasch was an Eigenkätner in Bolleinen. He served in ... read more

Wilhelmus Wilschut 1893 - 1945

Born 8.12.1893 in Utrecht
Died 31.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Wilhelmus Wilschut worked, from December 1912 onwards, as a Dutch psychiatric nurse in the Willem Arntsz Huis in Utrecht, a medium large city at the heart of The Netherlands. The asylum was built ... read more

Alfons Haid 1883 - 1940

Born 18.11.1883 in Wien
Died 3.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Alfons Haid was born on 18 November 1883 in Gablitz near Vienna and lived in Austria until 1909. At first he worked as a casual labourer in industry and agriculture before finally becoming a ... read more

Lucien Gonnetan 1888 - 1945

Born 13.11.1888 in Lyon
Died 26.2.1945 in Gusen

Lucien Gonnetan was born on 13 November 1888 in Lyon (4th district). Married to Marthe Van Minden, he was wounded in battle during the First World War. Lucien was father of 2 children, Maxime, born ... read more

Joan Pinsach Palomeras 1916 - 1941

Born 29.10.1916 in San Julián de Ramis
Died 21.11.1941 in Gusen

Joan was the second of five children of the couple Pinsach Palomeras, based in Sarrià de Ter. He was born in Sant Julià de Ramis on October 29, 1916. The father, Salvador Pinsach ... read more

Władysław Pawlas 1908 - 1940

Born 3.3.1908 in Sucha Góra
Died 28.8.1940 in Gusen

Władysław Pawlas was a Polish Protestant-Lutheran pastor. He came from a family of farmers. In 1926 he completed his education at the Polish Słowacki grammar school in Orlowa and began his studies at ... read more