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Imra Colić 1888 - 1943

Born 29.8.1888 in Slobodnica
Died 16.10.1943 in Mauthausen

Imra Colić (29 August 1888, Slobodnica-16 October 1943, Mauthausen) was a bell ringer in a village of Slobodnica. In 1943, his bell ringing was confused by the German Army as an inside job to warn ... read more

Angelo Giuseppe Biffi 1909 - 1945

Born 11.6.1909 in Villa d'Adda
Died 2.5.1945 in Gusen

Angelo Giuseppe Biffi was the eldest of four children from a peasant family. Following the sudden death of his father, Angelo had to support his mother and three siblings from his wages. With the ... read more

Mathias Bauer 1896 - 1940

Born 19.10.1896 in Eisenstadt
Died 14.1.1940 in Mauthausen

Mathias Bauer, a business man from Eisenstadt, unmarried, died on 14 January 1940 in Mauthausen concentration camp at the age of 43. He had been taken by the Gestapo into ‘preventative ... read more

Maarten Marynis 1914 - 1945

Born 12.11.1914 in Noordwijk
Died 20.2.1945 in Gusen

Maarten Marynis was a police officer and married to Paulina Johanna van Venetien. He was a member of the Dutch underground resistance.   Magda Jacobs-Ultee, niece; Karoline van Doorn, ... read more

Sidney Charles Jones 1902 - 1944

Born 25.11.1902 in Paris
Died 6.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Captain S.C. Jones, head of INVENTOR circuit of the French Section of Britain's Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.). Arrested in Paris, November 1944. Paul McCue read more

Franz Heller 1906 - 1944

Born 29.1.1906 in Birkesdorf / Düren
Died 6.4.1944 in Gusen

Franz Heller was the son of Arnold Heller (factory worker) and his wife Katharina Heller, nee Rauschen. Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung ... read more

Vilmos Nemes 1889 - 1945

Born 27.5.1889 in Nemeske
Died 6.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Vilmos Nemes (born Hausner) was the eighth of 13 children of David and Karolin Hausner (nee Weisz). He was born on 27 May 1889 in the village of Nemeske, Somogy County, Hungary. In the early ... read more

Pierre Déjean 1912 - 1944

Born 16.7.1912 in Auch
Died 18.8.1944 in Hartheim

Born in Auch, France, in 1912, Pierre Déjean was the eldest of 4 children. At the age of 10, he joined the Éclaireurs de France, lay scouts in which he distinguished himself throughout ... read more

Eustachiusz Mikołajewski 1913 - 1941

Born 1.9.1913 in Poznań
Died 15.3.1941 in Gusen

Eustachy Mikołajewski was a son of Józef and Franciszka Mikołajewski. He graduated from the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan. Before the Second World War began, Eustachy was employed as ... read more

Antonio Díaz Rodríguez 1906 - 1941

Born 14.9.1906 in Alcanadre
Died 31.10.1941 in Gusen

He was born in Alcanadre, Spain, married to Juana Aguirre and with three daughters - Antonia Díaz (born 1931), Begoña Díaz (born 1933), and Magdalena Díaz (born 1935). ... read more