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Константин Алексеевич Алисенок / Konstantin Alexeewitsch Alisenok 1901 - 1944

Born 2.1.1901 in Kemeschowzy
Died 25.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Konstantin Alexeevich Alisenok was born on 2 January 1901 into a peasant family in the village of Kemeshevtsy near Minsk. His father was Belorussian, his mother Sofia (Zosya), Polish. There were four ... read more

Jan Paweł Muchliński 1901 - 1942

Born 22.6.1901 in Dębogórze
Died 30.6.1942 in Gusen

Jan Paweł Muchliński was born in 1901 in Dębogórze in the municipality of Kościerzyna-Pomorze, the son of Anton Ignac, a landowner, and Ewa, née Ossowska, from Lubiszyn-Pomorze. At 16 he ... read more

Aroldo Signori 1915 - 1945

Born 27.10.1915 in Caldana
Died 27.2.1945 in Ebensee

After emigrating from Italy in flight from Mussolini’s Fascism, Egidio and Guglielma Signori settled in the mining town of Homécourt (department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France) with their ... read more

Stanisław Dybiec 1899 - 1945

Born 7.4.1899 in Warszawa
Died 9.3.1945 in Gusen

Stanisław Dybiec lived with his family at 24 Rybaki Street in Warsaw. He owned a horse-drawn carriage company, which was seized in September 1939. In 1940 he founded his own shipping company and also ... read more

Ludwig Ferneböck 1882 - 1942

Born 7.7.1882 in Wien
Died 16.12.1942 in Mauthausen

The little I know of my great uncle I picked up at home or found out a couple of years ago through documents held at the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance. They also have the two or three ... read more

Marie Stará 1902 - 1942

Born 19.3.1902 in Praha
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

The history of the Starý family Youth and Growing Up Jaroslav Starý was born on 22 April 1891 in Sobíňov to parents Josef Starý and Josefa Stará. He trained as a ... read more

Franciszek Rajski 1895 - 1945

Born 3.9.1895 in Nowy Targ
Died 20.4.1945 in Gusen

Our Grandfather – Franciszek Rajski was born on the 3rd of September 1895. In August 1914, at the age of 18, he reported himself to the First Brigade and then said, “My ... read more

Mojszes Leder 1903 - 1944

Born 19.10.1903 in Tarnów
Died 30.11.1944 in Gusen

A Name with No Face: Mojszes Leder There are no pictures of our uncle, Mojszes Leder. His story is one of courage and the will to survive. In sharing his story, we celebrate his life and remember ... read more

František Škopek 1912 - 1942

Born 20.4.1912 in Dřešín
Died 22.5.1942 in Mauthausen

František (christened Vojtěch) Škopek was born on 20 April 1912 in Dřešín, district Strakonice, Austria-Hungary. He spent all his childhood here, in the beautiful region o ... read more

Edouard Lemire 1910 - 1943

Born 15.10.1910 in Hénin-Lietard
Died 17.1.1943 in Gusen

My grandfather Lemire Edouard was French. He got married in February 1931 to Angèle Delmarre been born on 17 January 1909, of their union was born my father Gérard on 30 January 1936. ... read more