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Manuel Bolaños Díaz 1912 - 1941

Born 15.5.1912 in Puerto Real
Died 29.12.1941 in Gusen

  Manuel Bolaños Díaz was born on 15 May 1912 in Puerto Real, a small village near to the provincial capital Cádiz in southern Spain. His family consisted of his parents, ... read more

Giuseppe Vidale 1901 - 1945

Born 22.12.1901 in Schio
Died 10.2.1945 in Mauthausen

The son of Giovanni Battista Vidale and Celestina Lighezzolo worked as an electrician in a senior position at the Lanificio Rossi woollen mill. He approached his work with great passion and ... read more

Eugen Prötzel 1915 - 1940

Born 7.7.1915 in Bad Cannstatt
Died 17.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Eugen Prötzel was born on 7 July 1915 in Cannstatt near Stuttgart. His father, Hermann Prötzel, was a mechanic by trade and in 1914 had married Eugen’s mother, his third wife. Eugen ... read more

Abilio Álvarez Bernardo 1916 - 1942

Born 25.6.1916 in Olelas (Entrimo)
Died 2.2.1942 in Hartheim

He was born on 25 June 1916 in Olelas, a small Galician village in Entrimo council in Ourense. Olelas is very close to the border which unites Galician and Portuguese people. His parents were ... read more

Aureliano Caumel Sánchez 1900 - 1941

Born 11.6.1900 in Brunete
Died 8.10.1941 in Gusen

Aureliano Caumel Sanchez was secretary of the union of the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) in his hometown Brunete (Madrid) and member of the Red Committee of Criminal Investigation. ... read more

Czesław Podbielski 1900 - 1940

Born 20.6.1900 in Żyłowo
Died 12.9.1940 in Mauthausen

Czesław Podbielski was a professional soldier serving in 1939 in Border Gard in Katowice. Right before the war has started, his wife and three little daughters were evacuated to his distant family ... read more

Marco Ciocchini 1925 - 1945

Born 11.3.1925 in Talamona
Died 30.3.1945 in Gusen

Marco, son of Giovanni and Ernesta Spini, was born in Talamona (SO), Northern Italy, on 11 March 1925. He grows up in a happy farming family with many brothers and sisters. In the 1940s families in ... read more

Břetislav Bauman 1905 - 1942

Born 3.12.1905 in Horoušany u Prahy / Horoušany
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

History of the Bauman Family Břetislav Bauman was born on 3 December 1905 and was the son of Jan and Anna Bauman. In 1911 he started to attend the local mixed primary school, which had two classes. ... read more

Duilio Manzin 1895 - 1945

Born 3.6.1895 in Vicenza
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Duilio Giuseppe Manzin was the son of Candido Manzin and his wife Angela, nee Rossi. Fabrizio Scabio read more

Juda Mózes 1893 - 1945

Born 9.11.1893 in Cuzdrioara
Died 29.1.1945 in Gusen

Yehuda (Juda) Mozes was born on November 9, 1893, in Kozárvár in Transylvania, about 5 km northeast of the city of Dej. Today the area belongs to Romania, and the village is called ... read more