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José Beltrán Martín 1911 - 1942

Born 30.11.1911 in Churriana de la Vega
Died 2.2.1942 in Hartheim

His full name was José María Beltrán Martín. He fought for the Republic of Spain against fascism. When the Republic fell, he had to escape to France where he was captured ... 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

Jan Stefan Oderfeld Douglas 1892 - 1944

Born 3.6.1892 in Warszawa
Died 14.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Jan Stefan Douglas-Oderfeld was a Polish lawyer living in Paris who joined the French Resistance. Because he spoke perfect German as well as French he was involved in anti-Nazi activity directed ... read more

Jakub Schreiber 1894 - 1945

Born 24.3.1894 in Brzesko
Died 3.2.1945 in Gusen

Janek (Jakub) Schreiber was a middle-class businessman who had a small shop in Kraków, where he sold leather and shoe supplies. He and his cherished wife, Adela ... read more

Cesare Spaviero 1921 - 1945

Born 11.11.1921 in Carpi
Died 12.3.1945 in Mauthausen

  Cesarino Mario Spaviero was born in Carpi, a small hamlet in Villabartolomea (Verona) on 11 November 1921. He lived there with his family until 1929, when they moved to Pontecurone. His ... read more

Alexander Zisha Grosz 1897 - 1945

Born 22.5.1897 in Zemplénagárd
Died 28.4.1945 in Auf dem Todesmarsch nach Gunskirchen

Alexander Zisha Grosz was born on 22 May 1897 in Zemplénagárd, a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary. Alexander was the eldest of three children ... 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

Александр Васильевич Татарников / Alexandr Wasilewitsch Tatarnikow

Born 1914
Died 26.4.1944 in Mauthausen

Alexandr Tatarnikov was born in 1914 in the village of Krasny Zavod (in today’s Bogotolsky district of the Krasnoyarsk oblast) in the Russian Empire, after which his family moved to ... read more

Márton Perl 1919 - 1945

Born 14.4.1919
Died 31.1.1945 in Melk

Márton Perl was the son of Feige and Ferenz Perl. He had two brothers, Dávid Perl (24 April 1918–14 September 1944) and Oscar Perl (9 September 1926–13 January ... read more

Karel van Bever 1897 - 1944

Born 10.11.1897 in Vilvoorde
Died 20.3.1944 in Mauthausen

Karel Jozef Lodewijk van Bever was born on 10 November 1897 as the son of Hendrik van Bever and Maria Catherina De Kerck in Vilvoorde. His father, Hendrik van Bever, was a baker and a founding member ... read more