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Paul Giroud Trouillet 1926 - 1945

Born 21.11.1926 in Chambéry
Died 22.4.1945 in Gusen

Paul Giroud Trouillet was the third of six children. His father fought in the First World War from 1914 to 1918 and died on 9 May 1940, leaving behind a widow with six children aged five, ten, ... read more

Solomon Baruch Kornmehl 1911 - 1945

Born 6.6.1911 in Bobowa
Died 15.1.1945 in Mauthausen

  Solomon Baruch Kornmehl was born on 8 June 1911 in Bobowa, Poland, to Ele Kornmehl Ziegeltuch and Berl Rosenberg. He had six brothers and sisters. His father was a Torah scribe for the famous ... read more

Rafael Juan Montero 1918 - 1942

Born 7.11.1918 in Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo
Died 10.1.1942 in Mauthausen

He was born on 07/11/1918 in Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo (Córdoba). Rafael was a miner, born when the mining area of his home town became one of the most important industrial centre in ... read more

Artur Berger 1914 - 1945

Born 3.3.1914 in Niederzissen
Died 12.5.1945 in Gusen

ARTUR or ARTHUR BERGER 1914 to 1945 Arthur Berger was born in Niederzissen, Ahrweiler (district), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on 3 March 1914 to Julius Berger (1883-1918) and Josefine Eggener ... read more

Александр Кузьмич Яропольский / Alexandr Kusmitsch Jaropolskij 1899 - 1945

Born 9.6.1899 in Moskwa
Died 1.3.1945 in Gusen

My grandfather Alexandr Kuzmich Yaropolsky was born on 9 June (by the old Russian calendar) / 22 June (by the new Russian calendar) 1899. The family lived in Moscow near to Krasnaya Presnya Street in ... read more

Jan Marks 1906 - 1940

Born 2.12.1906 in Płock
Died 25.11.1940 in Gusen

Jan Marks, husband of Stefania née Żochowska, father of Waldemar (born 1933) and Benicjusz (born 1935). Employed as a clerk at the Polish Social Security Bureau in Warsaw. Arrested at work in ... read more

Mathieu de Jonge 1911 - 1944

Born 30.12.1911 in Bruxelles / Brussel
Died 17.7.1944 in Hartheim

Mathieu De Jonge was born on 31 December 1911. He was a lawyer in Brussels, married and the father of four small children. Driven on by his ideal, freedom, he went into the resistance, joining the ... read more

Angelo Valagussa 1922 - 1945

Born 24.6.1922 in Cernusco Lombardone
Died 14.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Angelo Valagussa was born in a farmhouse on property belonging to the noble Ancarani family. He spent his childhood and his years of primary education in the countryside. Then he moved to the Affori ... 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

Fernando Polo Tapias 1914 - 1941

Born 11.6.1914 in Barcelona
Died 16.11.1941 in Gusen

Fernando Polo Tapias and his father Domenech were anarchists. His father died in a Barcelona prison, beaten up. However, when the war broke out in Spain in 1936, Fernando was doing his military ... read more