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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

Adolf Kozłowski 1920 - 1942

Born 7.6.1920 in Konieczno
Died 4.5.1942 in Gusen

Adolf Kozłowski was the son of Jan Kozłowski and Julia Kozłowska (nee Ruszkowska), stepbrother of Irena, Julian and Kazimierz (children of Julia Kozłowska and Stanisław Kozłowski, brother of Jan). A y ... read more

Antón Vidal Filipó 1900 - 1945

Born 21.4.1900 in Valls de Canillo
Died 29.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Anton Vidal Filipó was born on 11 April 1900 in the Vidal family home in Prats, a small village near to the parish of Canillo (Principality of Andorra). His father was named Anton, like him, ... read more

Hijman Lelie 1878 - 1942

Born 12.1.1878 in Amsterdam
Died 9.7.1942 in Mauthausen

Hyman Lelie had two sons (Herman and Ed) and one daughter ("zus"). Born in Amsterdam, he moved to The Hague, where he worked with his brother in selling car attributes and materials. Before that, he ... read more

Живан Бркић / Živan Brkić 1924 - 1944

Born 12.12.1924 in Kragujevac
Died 20.1.1944 in Gusen

Živan Brkić was born 121.12.1924. in Kragujevac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was a member of Yugoslavian Royal Army. His roots comes from Serbian Orthodox family, from father Milovan Brkić and mother So ... read more

Ola Kaare Sindre Hofmo 1905 - 1945

Born 16.4.1905 in Oslo
Died 23.1.1945 in Gusen

Ola Hofmo was a journalist by profession. When, in August 1940, the Arbeideren newspaper for which he worked was banned by the Germans, he continued to work as an editor for the underground ... read more

Hans Alfred Meyers Miers 1922 - 1941

Born 1.12.1922 in Berlin
Died 23.9.1941 in Mauthausen

Annie Cohen was 15 years old when she met Hans Miers at a Christmas ball in 1939, four months before the Germans occupied the Netherlands. A Jewish girl meeting a Jewish boy at Christmas. What could ... read more

Giovanni Grosso 1889 - 1944

Born 22.12.1889 in Locana
Died 14.7.1944 in Hartheim

Giovanni Grosso was born in Locana, Italy, in 1889. He was committed to Mauthausen from Dachau on 13 January 1944. His number was 42109. He had been arrested because he was a communist. He died in ... read more

Pietro Arnaldo Terzi 1883 - 1944

Born 20.11.1883 in Sarzana
Died 13.11.1944 in Hartheim

Pietro Arnaldo Terzi attended the L. Costa humanist grammar school in La Spezia, became an active member of the Socialist Party of Sarzana, graduated in law and moved to Aulla (Massa), where he ... read more

Андрей Павлович Булаев / Andrej Pawlowitsch Bulaew 1914 - 1942

Born 15.8.1914
Died 12.5.1942 in Mauthausen

Andrej Pawlowitsch Bulaew was born in the village Kevdo-Melsitovo, Kamensky district of the Penza region. He was soldier in the 66th Howitzer Artillery Regiment, 61th Infantry Division. On 16 August ... read more