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Ferdynand Biliński 1889 - 1945

Born 3.1.1889 in Monasterzyska / Monastyryska
Died 4.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Ferdynand Biliński was born on 3 January 1889 in Monasterzyska – south of Ternopil – in present-day Ukraine. He graduated in law from the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv and took up a ... read more

Diego Biagini 1894 - 1944

Born 19.4.1894 in Prato
Died 8.4.1944 in Mauthausen

Diego Biagini was an anti-Fascist and his convictions led him to participate in the general strike at the beginning of March 1944, which had been called in Prato and other Italian cities. The result ... read more

Giuseppe Griva 1905 - 1945

Born 30.8.1905 in Poirino
Died 13.3.1945 in Gusen

Giuseppe Griva was the eldest of six siblings. He had always refused to join the Fascist Party. Finding no work in Italy, in 1930 he emigrated to France, working there first as a bricklayer and then ... read more

Wilhelm Roser 1905 - 1943

Born 4.7.1905 in Nürnberg
Died 20.1.1943 in Steyr

Wilhelm ‘Willi’ Roser was the third of the four children of Johann Andreas Roser and Luise Roser, née Manold. His father is listed in the baptismal register of Nuremberg’s ... read more

Oskar Roubíček 1898 - 1945

Born 28.2.1898 in Dvorce/Tučapy
Died 14.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Oskar Roubíček was born 28 February 1894 in Dvorce/Tučapy. He was a locksmith by trade. He was married to Olga Roubíček born Krutzký on 28 September 1896. Olga survived the war as ... read more

Giovanni Grosso 1889 - 1944

Born 22.12.1889 in Locana
Died 14.7.1944 in Hartheim

Giovanni Grosso was born in Locana, Italy, in 1889. He was committed to Mauthausen from Dachau on 13 January 1944. His number was 42109. He had been arrested because he was a communist. He died in ... read more

Claus Martini Lehland 1904 - 1945

Born 13.11.1904 in Grimstad
Died 2.3.1945 in Melk

Claus Martini Lehland from Grimstad in Sørlandet (Southern Norway) was born on 13 November 1904. He was the son of a ship’s captain, Kristen Lehland, and the town’s first female ... read more

Chaim Ajzyk Ciechanów 1908 - 1945

Born 27.7.1908 in Płońsk
Died 30.3.1945 in Ebensee

Chaim Ajzyk, a tailor, lived during the war in Antwerp (Belgium), was displaced in 1941 for a few months to Stevoort in the province of Limburg. Chaim went on transport XXV (19 May 1944) from the ... read more

José Blasco Hidalgo 1896 - 1941

Born 26.2.1896 in Orihuela
Died 9.12.1941 in Gusen

José Blasco Hidalgo was born on 26 February 1896 in Orihuela, Spain. He spent several years in the Spanish Legion and later married Salud Gómez. In late 1937 he took his leave of his ... read more

Alf Skåra 1914 - 1944

Born 9.7.1914 in Egersund
Died 21.12.1944 in Gusen

Alf Skåra was born on 9 July 1914 in Egersund. He trained as a hairdresser and married Bergit F. Østrem in 1942. They moved to neighbouring Flekkefjord, where he was very involved as ... read more