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Vangjel Shkurti 1884 - 1944

Born 15.3.1884 in Vlora
Died 11.11.1944 in Gusen

In early 1942 he and his family participated in the National Liberation War. His home was one of the bases for partisans during the war in the city of Vlora. His sons have been part of the guerrilla ... read more

Вукола Тепавчевић / Vukola Tepavčević 1899 - 1944

Born 26.2.1899 in Kalinovik
Died 13.11.1944 in Hartheim

Vukola and his wife Milja had seven children, six sons and one daughter (my mother), 14 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. Only two of Vukola’s and ... read more

Marcus Bloom 1907 - 1944

Born 24.9.1907 in London
Died 6.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Captain Marcus Bloom, radio operator to the PRUNUS circuit of French Section of Britain's Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.). Arrested near Toulouse, France, April 1943. Paul McCue read more

Paul Wallis 1900 - 1940

Born 15.11.1900 in Wien
Died 11.3.1940 in Mauthausen

Paul Wallis was born on 15 November 1900 in Vienna.[1] Although a Catholic, his family background meant the Nazis classified him as Jew. A single man, he lived in Innsbruck and was a member of the ... read more

Hermann Török 1892 - 1944

Born 29.2.1892 in Almașul-Mare / Almașu Mare
Died 6.9.1944 in Melk

If I am to write about the true face of humanity in circumstances as extreme as those in the concentration camp, then I also want to tell of the Török family before indifference and ... read more

Enrico Bracesco 1910 - 1944

Born 10.4.1910 in Monza
Died 16.8.1944 in Hartheim

Enrico, the son of Francesco Bracesco and Maria Teruzzi, was the youngest of three brothers and sisters. His family was unquestionably anti-Fascist. His parents ran a restaurant, which became a cell ... read more

Константин Николаевич Вашкевич / Konstantin Nikolaewitsch Waschkewitsch 1906 - 1945

Born 14.2.1906 in Olgowo
Died .4.1945 in Gusen

Konstantin Nikolaevich Vashkevich was born on 14 February 1906 in the village of Olgovo in the Dmitrovsky district of Moscow oblast. His father Nikokai Alexeevich worked as the municipal clerk. His ... read more

Lucien Gonnetan 1888 - 1945

Born 13.11.1888 in Lyon
Died 26.2.1945 in Gusen

Lucien Gonnetan was born on 13 November 1888 in Lyon (4th district). Married to Marthe Van Minden, he was wounded in battle during the First World War. Lucien was father of 2 children, Maxime, born ... 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

Ervin Jakab 1923 - 1945

Born 17.2.1923 in Targu Mures
Died 28.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Ervin Jakab was born on February 17, 1923, in Targu Mures, Transylvania, Hungary, currently under the administration of Romania, father: Adolf Jakab, mother: Laura Jakab. He studied at the Jewish ... read more