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Josef Drahotský 1895 - 1941

Born 6.6.1895 in Všestary
Died 13.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Josef Drahotský was born on 6 June 1895 in the village of Vsestary near Hradec Králové in what is now the Czech Republic. His parents were farmers. He wanted to become a teacher ... read more

Józef Nowak 1890 - 1940

Born 2.1.1890 in Jasienica
Died 22.8.1940 in Gusen

Polish policeman from Bielsko, and soldier of WWI. Escaped Russian captivity and went through Siberia to return to his beloved country, Poland. When WWII began, he was proposed a post in the Silesian ... read more

José Aragón Muñoz 1904 - 1941

Born 19.4.1904 in Murcia
Died 30.7.1941 in Gusen

José Aragón Muñoz was born in Murcia (Spain) on 19 April 1904. Around 1927 he arrived in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the province of Barcelona (Spain), where his siblings Juana ... 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

Edward Ślusarczyk 1913 - 1943

Born 14.10.1913 in Cieszyn
Died 21.4.1943 in Mauthausen

Edward Ślusarczyk was the son of Paul und Stanisława of the Puchała family. He was a Polish teacher and a Roman Catholic. Edward Ślusarczyk wanted to change the world for the better and inspire oth ... read more

János Lukács 1884 - 1945

Born 25.4.1884 in Budapest
Died 24.2.1945 in Mauthausen

János Henrik Lukács was the elder son of József Lukács and Adél Wertheimer and the brother of György Bernát Lukács – communist philosopher ... read more

Marcel Ramon Comas 1910 - 1943

Born 15.3.1910 in Caldes de Montbui
Died 3.5.1943 in Mauthausen

Born on 15 March 1910 in Caldes, the son of Josep Ramon Reina and Anna Comas Bellavista, he was labourer, married to Teresa Ventura and Padrós with whom he lived in Caldes, 4 Madella Street. ... read more

Bolesław Mellerowicz 1894 - 1941

Born 23.7.1894 in Żychów
Died 21.9.1941 in Gusen

Bolesław Mellerowicz, Catholic, Polish, well respected lawyer, loving husband and father of two daughters. My Father was born in 1894 in Poland under Russian domination (Poland was partitioned by ... read more

Zbigniew Kowalski 1922 - 1940

Born 9.4.1922 in Brzeszcze
Died 9.8.1940 in Gusen

In the period leading up to September 1939, Zbigniew Kowalski was a pupil of the grammar school in Kęty, which was in present-day Kościuszko Street. Before his arrest he worked, like his father K ... read more

Alfredo Vezzani 1885 - 1945

Born 16.1.1885 in Firenze
Died 24.4.1945 in Mauthausen

My great-great grandfather Alfredo Vezzani was working for Breda company in those years and was taken prisoner in 1944 and died in the camp of Mauthausen. He was born in Florence 16 January 1885 ... read more