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Ryszard Piegat 1912 - 1945

Born 14.3.1912 in Marki
Died 15.3.1945 in Melk

Ryszard Piegat was the son of Helena Piegat, née Leszczyński, and Julian Piegat, a baker by trade. He was the eldest of four brothers. Our only knowledge of his life before the war was that he ... read more

Miklos Vázsonyi 1904 - 1945

Born 29.3.1904 in Budapest
Died .6.1945 in Gunskirchen

Dr. Miklós Vázsonyi (-Pataj: March 29, 1904 - June, 1945), lived in Budapest, Hungary, and was married to Hedwig (née Felsner; 1905 - 1984), father of Gábor Elek (1929 - ... read more

Henryk Sławik 1894 - 1944

Born 15.7.1894 in Jastrzębie-Zdró
Died 23.8.1944 in Mauthausen

In October 2013, 69 years after his murder in Mauthausen, the Viennese embassy of the Republic of Poland brought the memorial ceremonies organised in cooperation with the Hungarian embassy in Vienna ... read more

Antonín Poláček 1900 - 1942

Born 13.1.1900 in Praha
Died 30.4.1942 in Mauthausen

My uncle Antonin Poláček was born in Prague, Nusle. He was a carpenter and worked at the Ringhoffer / Tatra in Smíchov, Prague. He was married (from 1929) with Anna ... read more

Vicente Tomás Mogino 1910 - 1942

Born 15.9.1910 in Muro de Alcoy
Died 6.1.1942 in Gusen

Secretary of the Revolutionary Committee of Defense (U.G.T. – P.C.E – I.R). However, before that, he was elected a town hall member. He was also a comptroller in the elections to deputies ... read more

Adolfo Lozano Olazabal 1897 - 1941

Born 27.9.1897 in Villabona
Died 7.11.1941 in Gusen

Adolfo Lozano Olazabal died on 7 November 1941 in the Mauthausen/Gusen extermination camp. ‘[T]hey were defeated by the Francoist army and fled into exile in fear of repression. Of all the ... read more

Mojszes Leder 1903 - 1944

Born 19.10.1903 in Tarnów
Died 30.11.1944 in Gusen

A Name with No Face: Mojszes Leder There are no pictures of our uncle, Mojszes Leder. His story is one of courage and the will to survive. In sharing his story, we celebrate his life and remember ... read more

Henri Levin 1908 - 1945

Born 5.5.1908 in Wilno / Vilnius
Died 30.3.1945 in Ebensee

The life of Henri Levin/Lewin has been rebuilt by a class of the International French Lyceum of Vilnius, in Lithuania, where he is born. The class was part of the French project "Convoi 77", about ... 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

Edouard Lemire 1910 - 1943

Born 15.10.1910 in Hénin-Lietard
Died 17.1.1943 in Gusen

My grandfather Lemire Edouard was French. He got married in February 1931 to Angèle Delmarre been born on 17 January 1909, of their union was born my father Gérard on 30 January 1936. ... read more