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Calogero Pintorno 1913 - 1944

Born 20.6.1913 in Villarosa
Died 15.9.1944 in Hartheim

In the thirties, Calogero Pintorno moved to Milan, where his godfather was already living. He was to help him build a new life there, but this failed due to the poor economic situation. During the ... read more

Eustaquio Pérez Orduña 1897 - 1944

Born 29.3.1897 in Uztárroz/Uztarroze
Died 10.11.1944 in Melk

Eustaquio Pérez Orduña was born in Ustarroz in Navarre (Spain) on 29 March 1897. During his childhood, Eustaquio worked as a shepherd, as the wealthy employed poor children to look ... read more

Dina de Leve-Cohen 1919 - 1945

Born 16.10.1919 in Groningen
Died 20.3.1945 in Mauthausen

  The Dutch Jew Dina (Dineke) de Leve was born on 16 October 1919 in Groningen in the Netherlands. She was the daughter of Simon Cohen and Amalia Hemelrijk. Dineke was a nurse by profession. ... read more

Letizia Anticoli 1914 - 1945

Born 30.8.1914 in Viterbo
Died 12.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Letizia Anticoli’s family consisted of her father Emanuele, her mother Reale die Veroli, and Angelo, Rachele, Giuditta and Rina. At the time of her arrest, Letizia was already married to Angelo ... read more

Emil Kumhala 1913 - 1941

Born 26.7.1913 in Dollnstein / Dollstein
Died 22.12.1941 in Mauthausen

My grandfather Emil Kumhala lived in Brno. He had a child and a wife. He was not Jewish. He had a grocery store and sold food to everybody including Jews. That’s why they took him to ... read more

Gyula Rieger 1889 - 1942

Born 11.12.1889 in Sered
Died 22.6.1942 in Mauthausen

Dr. Gyula (Julius) Rieger lived and worked as a local medical practitioner in Grinzing, Vienna. He had a son, Gert Rieger, who fled Austria in 1938 and became a 16 year old refugee in Australia after ... read more

Милош Борковић / Miloš Borković

Born 1891 in Crna Rijeka
Died 28.6.1944 in Hartheim

Miloš Borković was born in Crna Rijeka, Bosnia. He was married to Obrenija Terzic and had four sons: Jaksa, Bosko, Vidoje and Dusan. He was firstly taken and sent to Banjica camp in Serbia on ... read more

Josep Miret Musté 1907 - 1944

Born 14.4.1907 in Barcelona
Died 17.11.1944 in Wien

 Josep Miret Musté was born on 14 April 1907 to a working-class family in Barcelona, which had moved from the rural district of Tarragona to the Catalan capital. He learned the art of ... read more

Ramón Romaguera Pastor 1918 - 1941

Born 22.3.1918 in Picassent
Died 27.11.1941 in Gusen

Born in Picassent (Valencian Community, SPAIN) in March 1918. He worked as a farmer in his hometown until he enlisted as a soldier in the Spanish Republican Army. After the Spanish Civil War ended, ... read more

Franc Glinik 1895 - 1945

Born 1.10.1895 in Prevalje
Died 8.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Franc Glinik was born to Jakob Glinik and Marija Bauh in Prevalje. The language used within the family and commonly by Glinik, who had right of residence to live in Loibach/Libuče (present-day ... read more