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Antonio Bonfanti 1902 - 1945

Born 2.8.1902 in Osnago
Died 25.1.1945 in Melk

Antonia Bonfanti was a countryman and dealer in wood and coal. Accused of delivering food to groups of partisans, he was arrested by a ration card inspector. He was deported to Mauthausen ... read more

Alexander Katan 1899 - 1943

Born 18.11.1899 in Rotterdam
Died 27.1.1943 in Gusen

Alexander Katan was born and lived in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He was the son of Israel Marcus Katan and Celli van Gelderen. He worked in several roles as a kantoorbediende (clerk), including that of ... read more

Michel Scholtes 1906 - 1945

Born 14.5.1906 in Kopstal
Died 5.5.1945 in Gusen

Michel Scholtes, a lathe operator and metalworker, was born on 14 May 1906 in Kopstal (Luxembourg). He lived there with his wife, Irmine Hensel, and two children. He had been an active trade unionist ... read more

Tibor Mauskopf 1929 - 1945

Born 2.4.1929 in Nitra
Died 14.3.1945 in Ebensee

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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

Hartog Cohen 1890 - 1941

Born 5.10.1890 in Zutphen
Died 23.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Introduction Hartog Cohen was arrested on 9 October 1941, 51 years old. Being a Jew and as a political opponent of the German national socialism he was deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp ... read more

Antoni Ignaczak 1906 - 1945

Born 13.6.1906 in Kalisz
Died 12.1.1945 in Melk

Antoni Ignaczak was born on 13 June 1906 in Kalisz. Husband of Katarzyna Ignaczak, father of Zofia Ignaczak. He was farmer until September 1939 when he was taken to Molschleben and forced to work as ... read more

Novak Oparušić 1909 - 1944

Born 7.7.1909 in Donji Petrovci
Died 25.7.1944 in Linz

Novak Oparušić was born as son of Zorka and Despot Oparušić in the village of Donji Petrovci in Vojvodina, Serbia, a little village of around 1.000 inhabitants, mostly farmers. His f ... read more

Paul Giroud Trouillet 1926 - 1945

Born 21.11.1926 in Chambéry
Died 22.4.1945 in Gusen

Paul Giroud Trouillet was the third of six children. His father fought in the First World War from 1914 to 1918 and died on 9 May 1940, leaving behind a widow with six children aged five, ten, ... read more

Marie Stará 1902 - 1942

Born 19.3.1902 in Praha
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

The history of the Starý family Youth and Growing Up Jaroslav Starý was born on 22 April 1891 in Sobíňov to parents Josef Starý and Josefa Stará. He trained as a ... read more