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Giovanni Battista Daly 1898 - 1944

Born 24.6.1898 in Prato
Died 28.6.1944 in Hartheim

Giovanni Battista Daly born in Prato, Italy on June 24th, 1898, a laborer and father of six. He was captured in the area called “Il Pino” in Prato while on a bicycle searching for his son ... read more

Stanisław Długi 1900 - 1945

Born 5.10.1900 in Wielkopolski
Died .5.1945 in Ebensee

Stanisław Długi was born on 5 October 1900 in Wielkopolski. He was a member of the Polska Organizacja Wojskowa (POW – Polish Military Organisation) in Wielkopolski and took part in the Greater P ... read more

Fritz Sidlof 1917 - 1945

Born 8.6.1917 in Wien
Died 1.5.1945 in Gusen

Fritz was the beloved son of Regina and Leopoldo Sidlof, who both died in 1942, and most loved brother of his sister Julie pictured here in 1938. Fritz was planning to study architecture in Vienna ... read more

Albin Kisiel 1905 - 1942

Born 17.2.1905 in Przemyśl
Died 18.10.1942 in Gusen

Arrested in month of October 1939 in Dąbrówka Wielka (today district Piekary Śląskie) where he was a school director and teacher. Wacław Bylina, grandson read more

Márton Róth 1886 - 1944

Born 15.8.1886
Died 12.12.1944 in Melk

Márton Róth was married to Hélen Neumann who died at Auschwitz, June, 1944. They had nine children. At least five died at Auschwitz in 1944. At least two emigrated to the United ... read more

Jean-Marcel Pilet 1925 - 1945

Born 2.10.1925 in St-Ciers-de-Canesse
Died 20.2.1945 in Melk

 BORN ON 2 OCTOBER 1925 IN ST CIERS DE CANESSE (33) - FRANCE HE IS THE YOUNGEST OF A FAMILY OF THREE BOYS AND TWO GIRLS   ON 2 NOVEMBER 1943, in resistance to the STO (Service ... read more

Alois Lechner 1893 - 1940

Born 2.8.1893 in Innsbruck
Died 19.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Alois Lechner was born on 2 August 1893 in Innsbruck. His father Josef Lechner was a master cobbler, his mother Christiane’s maiden name was Baldauf. The young Alois Lechner began an ... read more

Moritz Schaap 1895 - 1941

Born 18.12.1895 in Noordhorn
Died 20.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Moritz Schaap was survived by his wife, Erna Oppenheimer Schaap and son, Klaus Schaap when they fled shortly after Moritz was picked up by the Nazis. They were saved by two different families during ... read more

Jan Stefan Oderfeld Douglas 1892 - 1944

Born 3.6.1892 in Warszawa
Died 14.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Jan Stefan Douglas-Oderfeld was a Polish lawyer living in Paris who joined the French Resistance. Because he spoke perfect German as well as French he was involved in anti-Nazi activity directed ... read more

Борис Георгиевич Балаев / Boris Georgiewitsch Balaew 1907 - 1944

Born 25.8.1907 in Pensenskaja obl., Kusnezkij r.
Died 26.4.1944 in Mauthausen

Balaew was second lieutenant and platoon commander of the 65th tank regiment, 12th Guards Rifle Corps. On 28 May 1943, in command of a tank T-34 with the objective to seize the village Onufrievo, ... read more