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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

Светолик Драгачевац / Svetolik Dragačevac 1883 - 1942

Born 15.4.1883 in Požega Užička
Died 9.7.1942 in Mauthausen

Svetolik Dragačevac was born on 15 April 1883 as the third child of Maksim Dragačevac in Požega Užička. After completing his primary school education he spent some years assisting his father in busi ... read more

Vladimír Bergauer 1898 - 1942

Born 18.9.1898 in Písek
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Vladimír Bergauer was born the son of a pharmacist. He was of Czech nationality and Roman Catholic faith. In 1917 he completed his secondary education at a grammar school in Písek and ... read more

Jerzy Ostrowski 1897 - 1942

Born 9.1.1897 in Chodel
Died 27.11.1942 in Gusen

Jerzy Zbigniew Ostrowski, a Polish novelist, published amongst others ‘Obok życia’, ‘Sobieradek’, ‘Sztandar na maszcie’,  ‘Chorągiew na dachu’, & ... read more

Ida Strohmer 1922 - 1945

Born 5.5.1922 in Hegyeshalom
Died 17.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Ida Beck was born on 5 May 1922 in Hegyeshalom (Hungary), the daughter of Johann and Ida Beck. At the beginning of the 1920s the family moved to Vienna and was living in the Währing district ... read more

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

Józef Żółtek 1912 - 1945

Born 12.2.1912 in Klikuszowa
Died 12.2.1945 in Wien

Born on February 12, 1912 in the village of Klikuszowa in Poland, house number 34. He was the youngest of seven children of Maciej Żółtek and Magdalena Żółtek née Czyszczoń. He wa ... read more

Егор Степанович Бирын / Egor Stepanowitsch Biryn 1909 - 1942

Born 3.3.1909 in Serman
Died 16.10.1942 in Gusen

Егор Степанович Бирин / Egor Stepanowitsch Biryn was born in the village Serman, Nikolsky district of the Penza region. He was a soldier and had been missing in October 1941. His wife Matrona Vasilevn ... read more

Παναγιώτης Χιωτέρης / Panagiotis Chioteris 1913 - 1944

Born 10.1.1913 in Elioli
Died 6.12.1944 in Melk

He is the brother of Konstantinos Chioteris (Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης), who also died in Mauthausen. Aikaterini ... read more

René Niel 1897 - 1944

Born 4.6.1897 in Romeyer
Died 21.8.1944 in Hartheim

René Niel was born June 7 1897 in Romeyer. Romeyer is a small village in the foothills of Vercors where resistance to Nazism would develop intensively during World War II.  In 1916, ... read more